Dearest reader,
Next stop in the Meridian Public Schools ledger: employee compensation.
According to Meridian's own 2025 compensation disclosure, 8 employees had Medicare W-2 wages exceeding $100,000.
Combined total compensation for those eight employees:
💰 $1,489,524.57
At the top of the ledger:
👑 Superintendent
$260,246.02 total compensation
📚 Director of Learning
$198,531.53
🏫 Elementary Principal / Director of State & Federal Programs
$189,889.86
🎓 High School Principal / Project Based Learning Coordinator
$185,863.63
🍎 Teacher / Coach
$178,028.55
🏫 Junior High Principal
$168,826.25
🎓 High School Dean of Students / Coordinator of Student Success & Career Programs
$165,903.08
🍎 Teacher / Coach
$142,235.65
A reminder, dear reader: these are TOTAL COMPENSATION figures, not simply salaries.
Total compensation includes the district-reported wages and applicable benefits shown in its disclosure, including items such as retirement, FICA, insurance and tax-sheltered annuity contributions.
And there is something worth remembering from our first Meridian breadcrumb:
Over the same 10-year period, average teacher salary increased just 2.67% — a 24.42% decline after adjusting for inflation.
Different datasets. Different measurements.
But together, they give taxpayers another piece of the picture.
Next, Lady B is heading into the check register. 🪶
With receipts and respect.
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