Fayette assistant principals’ salaries range from high of $96K
to low of $62K  For the past two years, The Citizen has looked
at the various expenses in the Fayette County School System. The
reviews originated when it became apparent that expenditures
outstripping revenues would lead to the need for several
millions of dollars in cuts that now face the Fayette County
Board of Education.  The review this time focuses on the number
of assistant principals in the school system, the number paid by
state funding and those paid by local property owners.  The
school system has 44 assistant principal positions in the 29
public schools, with two of those currently vacant, according to
information obtained from the school system. State funding pays
for 35.6 of those positions while the remaining 8.4 positions
are funded by county property taxes.  Salary information
obtained at www.open.ga.gov for Fiscal Year 2010, the most
recent available, showed 40 of the current assistant principals
listed. Their salaries, not inclu