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School Superintendents' Responsibilities Are Many

Leading a school district means long workweeks dealing with tight budgets and state mandates.

Often they are the highest paid municipal employee, but school superintendents, such as ’s Dr. Sal Pascarella, also usually have the longest workweeks and the greatest responsibilities, even .

An article this week in the Danbury News-Times described how the job of school superintendent has grown more challenging every year.

Pascarella and a number school superintendents from other nearby communities were interviewed about how they must contend with unfunded state mandates and tighter school budgets.

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