"Most superintendents do not understand the financial implications of turning up the heat," he said.
Most superintendents found easy cover for this one, noting that Acting Gov. Donald DiFrancesco had gone so far as to declare a state of emergency on Sunday.
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey is imposing a cap of $175,000 on most superintendents' salaries, depending on district enrollment, and Mr. Cuomo's criticism raised the specter that he might pursue a similar path.
A panel he appointed recommended changes in math instruction last spring, and he said yesterday that despite the budget constraints, most superintendents had detailed plans to carry out some of those ideas this year.
As most superintendents tell it, a good special education administrator is hard to find, and even more difficult to keep, even though most of them earn from $80,000 to $120,000 a year -- about the same as public high school principals.
Patrick said he instructed superintendents not to adopt policies allowing trans students to use the single-sex facilities that match their gender identity, and insisted that "most" superintendents would not want to follow such a policy. .
