Pay Increase Approved For Hawaii School Officials

A high school principal in Hawaii, with enough years of service, could potentially make up to $189,000 a year. On the other hand, a complex area superintendent — a position that’s higher on the state Department of Education ladder — could aspire to a maximum salary of $170,000 in 2018.

That salary difference is preventing many qualified principals from moving into higher-level positions in the DOE, senior education officials said Thursday at a Hawaii Board of Education meeting, making the case for increasing CAS-level pay.

“Our pool tends to be non-high school principals that apply to be CASes, because (otherwise) they would have to take a cut,” Superintendent Christina Kishimoto said.

The full board voted Thursday to increase the pay range for complex area superintendents, as part of a compensation adjustment for two dozen superintendent positions. The pay raises received some pushback in the human resources committee, though DOE leaders said the pay raises will attract a more competitive pool of candidates.

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