Hatrick, a graduate of Loudoun County High School, returned to Loudoun County after graduating from the University of Richmond, and began his LCPS career in 1967 as an English teacher. In the course of his 42-year career, Hatrick held several administrative posts before his appointment as superintendent in 1991.
While it comes as no surprise, Hatrick did not receive, nor request a raise. But then, no one in the LCPS system will be receiving raises for the 2009-2010 school year–and the same applies to the employees of many local, area, regional and national businesses and governments.
A review of salaries of area school system superintendents brings some perspective to Hatrick’s six-figure salary. LCPS Public Information officer Wayde Byard confirmed the accuracy of the salary and compensation figures for Supt. Hatrick that were printed in the comparison of Washington area school superintendents in a January 2008 Washington Post story. Based on 2007 data, Hatrick is right in the mix, making more than some and less than other superintendents.
Supt. Hatrick, who leads a school system of 57,400 students and 8,000 employees, received a 2007-08 salary of $226,564; no bonus; $15,000 in deferred compensation; $19,541 in insurance; $27,520 in expenses; $10,529 for a vehicle; and $42,377 in pension, for a total compensation package of $341,531.
Fairfax County School Superintendent Jack Dale, leads Virginia’s largest public school system, with 168,740 students and 22,309 employees. Dale received a 2007-08 salary of $279,340; no bonus; $62,000 in deferred compensation; $18,356 in insurance, $6,899 in expenses; $6,101 for a vehicle; and $46,916 in pension for a total compensation package of $419,612.
Jerry Weast is the Superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland’s largest public school system with 139,000 students and 22,122 employees. At $489,763, received the highest compensation package of any profiled in the 12-school systems comparison. Weast received a 2007-08 salary of $242,686; no bonus; $151,698 in deferred compensation; $24,339 in insurance; $7,000 in expenses; $24,738 in unused leave; $5,687 for a vehicle; and $33,615 in pension.
The terms of Hatrick's 2009-2010 contract include: Salary of $232,680, unchanged from the 2008-09 base salary; $15,000 tax deferred annuity; a $10,000 conversion from a disability income policy to a tax-deferred annuity, come January 1, 2010; a $5,000 annual contribution to a life insurance policy; a car allowance for 2009-2010 of $11,378.80 (4 percent increase above the 2008-2009 contract terms).
Hatrick, who has his share of critics, continues to weather calls for his resignation including a formal request earlier this spring by the Loudoun Chapter of the NAACP, and repeated informal calls in the form of e-mails, public comments, rants and blogs. Critics also point to the size of the school budgets he prepares each year, as well as complaints regarding the school system’s allocation and expenditures of the more than 70 percent of the annual Loudoun County government budget.
Attendance boundary changes are never popular with parents, but this year’s efforts proved especially troubling as high school boundary changes in Leesburg and Ashburn areas were considered, but without any resolution. The revitalized power struggle between some members of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors and the Loudoun School Board (and therefore Supt. Hatrick) concerning school sites and land acquisition, land contract negotiations and costs, and size and costs of schools continues to unfold.
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WOW - $11k for a car allowance, and it was actually increased from the previous year. A total comp package of possibly $340k is insane.