State Journal

In Oklahoma, winning a wastebasket with Monopoly money taped to it isn't cause for celebration. That's the prize state Rep. Russ Roach presented to the state's school superintendents as the winners--that means targets--of his first "Waste Busters" award.

Oklahoma's 548 districts paid $32 million in salaries to superintendents last year, the Tulsa Democrat said at a recent press conference.

Superintendents of the state's largest districts--including Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Edmond, and Putnam City--are paid more than Gov. Frank Keating and the state's two top jurists, who earn...