Landon's Headmaster Makes $800,000 a Year
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Saw this posted on a different thread, but thought it deserved one on its own.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/26/landon-headmasters-high-pay-cited-in-suit/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS As the top official at the nonprofit Landon School, an exclusive private day school for about 700 boys on a 75-acre campus in Bethesda, headmaster David Armstrong receives nearly a half-million dollars per year, tax forms show. But a former top finance official says Mr. Armstrong also is receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional deferred compensation from the nonprofit school, bringing his total pay package to around $800,000. The former head of finance and operations at Landon, Timothy Harrison, said in a recent interview he raised concerns that the pay package could run afoul of Internal Revenue Service rules. After that, and raising other concerns about the school’s treatment of Hispanic workers, he said he found himself without a job. |
Anonymous
| As someone who has always thought of Landon as a school that I would look at with great interest when my boys get older, I find this figure disturbing, especially in light of what other area schools pay their heads. |
Anonymous
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It is not unusual for non-profit educational institutions to pay top dollar to college professors, administrators, athletic coaches.
Dermatology Professor's $4.3 Million Rivals College Coach Salaries http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aU52P6i3W36g&refer=us |
Anonymous
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Very disturbing, especially for schools that claim to be struggling to keep tuition costs down. If annual compensation went down to $300K (still, a very respectable sum!), that would leave $500K for other expenses--like $10K scholarships for 50 students or full-rides for 16 students who surely deserve that money more than the head of school?
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Anonymous
| So glad to see his golf club membership is part of his compensation package. Says a lot about the school, its mission and priorities. |
Anonymous
The golf membership to the male only Burning Tree Country Club, no less. Says a lot about the seriousness of their gender equity program. If they want to be taken seriously this would be good place to start. |
Anonymous
| The lacrosse incident was enough to deter me from ever sending one of my boys. |
Anonymous
It's not unusual for headmasters to make a very comfortable living, particularly at high-profile schools. But $800K? That is outrageous. |
Anonymous
| That is outrageous... begging parents at every turn for $$ ( annual fund, etc.), raising tuition well above the pace of inflation. A membership to burning tree? really? 40k for housing? Priorities in the WRONG places. |
Anonymous
Landon is now a university? Someone alert the press. |
Anonymous
| Doesn't he have a house on campus? |
Anonymous
| Wow. But then again, could you pay anybody enough to do that job? Also, what on Earth does a "gender equity program" look like at an all male school? Who is not being treated equally? Does Landon really have one, or was that a joke? Doesn't respect for women, as for all people, get taught at home, and if it doesn't, can a school really do anything about it? |
Anonymous
How the female faculty are viewed, treated and compensated. How the mothers of the boys are viewed and treated by the administration. Unpaid woman's work. |
Anonymous
| Gender equity at Landon = get back in the kitchen |
Anonymous
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um..before all you hysterical women get your (fill in the blank) in a wringer, isn't there a bit more fact finding needed here? the story alleges a gap between reported (on IRS form 990..available for all to see on Guidestar) and other income. I didn't see the reporter ask all the other fancy schools for their amount of non-salaried income. Any way we can work our way toward a fair discussion? Or...is it just that time of the month.
I intend the above to be tongue in cheek--don't knee-jerk responses beget same back? |