For our JRNL 220 project of finding open records under the PA Right to Know laws, I had decided to contact my home school district to access the salary of the superintendent of schools. I sent a letter to Raymond P. Danel, the Right to Know officer for the Forest Hills School District, on October 23, 2008, requesting the salary and all other payments made to Donald G. Bailey, Superintendent of Schools, head football coach, and head track coach.
To my surprise, Danel responded within four days of my request, meeting my every need. Enclosed in his letter (first class letter, mind you) were the expenses paid to Donald Bailey. Included were his salaries for the 2008-2009 school year in the positions of superintendent of schools, varsity football head coach, and varsity boys' head coach.
Granted, Bailey has been in the Forest Hills School District system since 1973, but the man is still being paid a very generous amount for a public school district official. He started off as a teacher, worked his way through asst. high school principal, high school principal, director of secondary education, and is currently superintendent.
Bailey rakes in a grand total of $139,342.
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