They got the pink slip via email Wednesday
BY TOM HESTER SR.
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
Gov. Chris Christie has fired seven of the state's executive county school superintendents, it was learned Tuesday.
Gone are the superintendents, who represented eight counties and typically earned $120,000 annually, in Bergen, Burlington, Cape May, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and Somerset counties. County school superintendents oversee local school board actions such as budgets, curriculum and major hirings.
The New Jersey county superintendents fired by Gov. Christie:
Middlesex/Bergen: Patrick Piegari
Monmouth: Carole Knopp Morris
Hunterdon: Gerald Vernotica
Cap May: Terrence J. Crowley
Ocean: Bruce Greenfield
Somerset: Trudy Doyle
Burlington: Lester Richens
Information on why Christie took the action was not immediately available by state Senate Majority Leader Barbara Buono (D-Middlesex) charged the governor acted on political grounds.
The superintendents were sent an e-mail message last Thursday — the last workday before the New Year's Day holiday — that included the line "today is your last day of work."
