Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009 | “How the heck are you going to be held accountable for all of those things at the same time? And who will want to go to a lower performing school?” asked Jeannie Steeg, executive director of the Administrators Association. The answer to that is that principals earn up to $137,000 plus an extremely generous benefits package and plenty of vacation days throughout the school year. That’s why the heck they should be evaluated — finally! If they don’t like the the job then let them go find a better one.