The Asbury Park Press suggests that Governor Corzine avoid the cost of litigation over Keansburg Schools superindentent Barbara Trzeszkowski's retirement package by asking Trzeszkowski to voluntarily give up her duly negotiated $556,290 severance and settle for her $115K annual pension.
Why would Trzeszkowski do that? Maybe for $600K of Corzine's own money and a condo in Myrtle Beach.
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In fairness, the difference between Barbara Trzeszkowski and most other district superintendents is that she has worked in some capacity at the Keansburg district since 1968. You could say that she had worked her way up from the bottom. Most other superintendents are brought in from outside, work a few years in a district, leave via "golden parachute", and move on to another district to repeat the process.
Does that mean that a McDonald's employee who starts with french fries and works up to the cash register deserves to get fired making more money than he did ten years ago?
I'm all for "putting time in" and "getting what is deserved," however, in all fairness: The Burg is an Abbott district. The money she might receive isn't just coming from the borough. In fact, most of it is coming from the good ole' state of N.J. In a time when people will spend more money on gas than they do on food in a week, New Jerseyans do not care how many years she put in.
The fact remains that the severance package was not something that should have been included in her contract. She will get more than enough money from her unused sick days, unused vacation days and PENSION alone, probably totalling over a million dollars in and of itself for the next ten years.
When is greed ever fair?
If the severance was part of her contract, isn't it a done deal? What right would the state have to ask for that money back? What would compel Ms. Trzeszkowski to forfeit that money? If it's in her contract she gets it. Let's fire the person who authorized it, make sure no future contracts are so written and move on.
Funny, people are up in arms over her deal because it's state money, but the Rutgers football coach's pay doesn't get much notice.
Lugar96
That's because "America loves football." Go figure, all of a sudden no one likes underhanded money dealing.
It's in her contract and you're right, no one can change that because both parties - Trzeszkowski and the current school board - would have to agree to it. I doubt she ever will, however, take note: the board that crafted and approved her contract in 2003 is not the sitting board.
You can't fire people who aren't there anymore, give or take a head or two.
Hey, Melissa. I read ur profile. We should talk.
Lisa
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