{"id":655128,"date":"2026-05-08T03:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T03:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/655128\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T03:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T03:25:12","slug":"surrey-school-district-superintendent-made-more-than-half-a-million-dollars-last-year-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/655128\/","title":{"rendered":"Surrey School District superintendent made more than half a million dollars last year – BC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Financial documents show that the superintendent for the Surrey School District<\/a> makes more than half a million dollars a year.<\/p>\n

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Surrey is the largest school district in B.C., with more than 83,000 children enrolled. However, it has struggled recently with insufficient classrooms and support, leading to some programs being cut<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Executive Compensation Disclosure Report<\/a> for 2024 to 2025 shows that Supt. Mark Pearmain\u2019s compensation was $527,000 last year, including salary and benefits.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor context, that\u2019s twice as much as Premier David Eby is paid to run an entire province,\u201d Carson Binda with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation told Global News.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s far more than Prime Minister Mark Carney takes home at the end of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Deputy Supt. Andrew Holland made $422,000 and HR executive director Linda Radomski was paid $316,000.<\/p>\n

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Last May, parents and educators in Surrey launched a public campaign<\/a> to pressure the government over what they say is chronic underfunding in the district.<\/p>\n

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The campaign, dubbed \u201cSurrey Students Deserve Better,\u201d urged parents to directly contact their MLAs to press for increased funding and more support for students with special needs.<\/p>\n

The campaign argued that the Surrey School District suffered from shortages of education assistants and basic supplies, outdated technology and cuts to popular arts programs.<\/p>\n

Tammy Murphy, president of CUPE 728, which represents district support staff, pointed to\u00a0reductions in the StrongStart program<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0learning centre closures<\/a>\u00a0as examples.<\/p>\n

She also pointed out the number of executives in the district.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got seven assistant superintendents,\u201d she said at the time.<\/p>\n

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B.C.\u2019s education minister did not answer questions about salaries on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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But critics say the sky-high salaries are not acceptable.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe same school district gave its senior executives pay raises of 24 to 26 per cent last year while also laying off 50 education assistants,\u201d Binda said.<\/p>\n

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