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Here are the highest-paid employees in Virginia Beach City Public Schools

Superintendent Aaron Spence working with Virginia Beach students in a classroom. He is the highest paid employee at VBCPS. (Southside Daily file photo/Courtesy of Virginia Beach City Public Schools)
Superintendent Aaron Spence working with Virginia Beach students in a classroom. He is the highest paid employee at VBCPS. (Southside Daily file photo/Courtesy of Virginia Beach City Public Schools)

VIRGINIA BEACH — Here’s a list of the 10 highest-paid employees within the Virginia Beach City Public School system, according to a document obtained through a FOIA request.

Salaries are per year and do not include fringe benefits.

  • Aaron Spence, division superintendent: $249,765
  • Farrell Hanzaker, chief financial officer: $193,617
  • Ramesh Kapoor, chief information officer: $186,736
  • John Mirra, chief human resource officer: $179,682
  • Marc Bergin, superintendent chief of staff: $172,000

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  • Natalie Allen, chief communications officer: $167,000 (start date: Oct. 1)
  • Donald Robertson Jr., chief schools officer, $167,000
  • Kipp Rogers, chief academic officer: $167,000 (start date: Sept. 10)
  • John Freeman, chief operations officer: $160,000 (start date: Oct. 8)
  • Dale Holt, principal at Linkhorn Park Elementary School (former chief of operations): $152,381

Their combined annual salaries total nearly $1.8 million.

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