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Wealth of Washington Principals by: Deborah Lambert, February 25, 2008 You can't blame Washington, D.C.’s newbie Mayor Adrian Fenty for wanting to overhaul the city’s underperforming public school system. But regardless of whether his plan succeeds or fails, the average annual compensation package for each D.C. area school superintendent will run well over $350,000 per year, according to The Washington Post. “In Montgomery County, Maryland, the $242,686 salary paid this year to School Superintendent Jerry D. Weast represents not quite half of a total compensation package valued at $489,763. John E. Deasy in Prince George’s County will receive $424,080 in...