Utica City and School Board Issues
Did a bit of fact checking regarding Braedon Nanna's comments on the Morris Matters podcast and other shows. I sent this to him at 12:28 AM on 5/17/24. He responded a few hours later. Here is my initial inquiry and Nanna's response. Here is the interview we did with Braedon Nanna https://open.spotify.com/episode/2APD8ptqGAQ6RKmJfvBCB6
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Richard Morris
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12:28 AM (20 hours ago)
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Hi Braedon:
On my show and others you have been stating that the Syracuse School System hired a Superintendent for about $144K. I have found these 2 articles from Syracuse.com that state that Mr. Davis was hired in 2022 for about $255K! The other article points out that Anthony Q Davis is the current Superintendent.
Am I missing something or are you mistaken.
Thanks for a quick reply,
Richard Morris
Morris Matters
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Braedon Nanna
8:01 AM (13 hours ago)
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I use the SeeThroughNY site for research on any salaries in school districts, as the information there aggregates different wages including stipends. However, this site relies on information that is not always readily accessible and is not always up to date. In the case of the Syracuse Superintendent, when I checked previously the site showed Anthony Davis at ~$156,000. I also searched for “Syracuse City School District Superintendent salary” on Google and found only results for the former superintendents salary being ~$215,000. I was satisfied with this information confirming itself since a new superintendent will historically make less than the outgoing superintendent. After looking at your article I ran a search for “Anthony Q Davis salary,” a search query which in the past I have found to be inefficient as from experience it seems Google has an easier time finding the salary for a specific position rather than a specific person. In this case it appears that the SeeThroughNY salary reflected an outdated salary, likely when he was interim superintendent.
I would also note that the general principle still applies. Syracuse teachers have a starting salary of approximately $8,000 more than in Utica and we are still prepared to pay a larger salary ($260,000-$300,000) to a starting superintendent than in Syracuse, a district of about double the size and budget. Furthermore, local area superintendents make quite a bit less than the proposed salary for Utica. Of note is Rome’s new superintendent at $215,000. Other districts (New Hartford, Whitesboro, Clinton) are in the range of $200,000 to $220,000.
I would be happy to provide further links to research if you would so like.
Thank you,
Braedon Nanna
brnanna23@gmail.com
Guests include Utica Chief of Staff Mike Gentile and School Board Candidate Braedon Nanna. Unfortunately , there was a theme of transparency or lack thereof for the 2 organizations. Hear why Mr. Nanna predicted a significant graduation decline for Proctor and his agreement with Morris Matters that the City of Utica needs to establish a usage fee for Not for Profits within the City. Since Mr. Gentile wears many hats we were able to discuss a wide range of issues.
