More than 100 educators across the state earned $300,000 or more in the 2024-25 school year, the majority of them on Long Island — including one long-serving superintendent who recently retired with a final-year package totaling $662,478, state records show.

That superintendent, Hank Grishman, of Jericho, topped the state’s latest compensation list for public school officials, according to payroll records obtained by Newsday. Another Long Island educator, Superintendent Allison Brown, of Roslyn, was third on the list with compensation of $391,906, while Superintendent Francesco Ianni, of Oyster Bay-East Norwich was No. 4 at $383,549.

In all, seven of the state’s 10 top-paid public-school employees in 2024-25 worked on Long Island, which experts have said reflects the region’s high livi

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