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Nobody was minding the shop?

One Pennsylvania New Jersey school board is suddenly wondering how their superintendent scored some serious bonuses:

The Camden Board of Education summoned Superintendent Annette D. Knox to a special meeting last night to have her explain how she earned $17,690 in bonuses the last two years.

The bonuses came to light after The Inquirer reported this week that Knox received the money in 2004 and 2005 without board approval or knowledge.

In a recent exchange in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, one superintendent defended their rather lucrative contracts saying that they run enterprises that rival most local businesses.  Well, what sort of business would allow a top lieutenant to score a massive raise like this without its knowledge? 

CORRECTION: See comment below–that should have been New Jersey, not Pennsylvania.  My mistake.