The information listed at the bottom of this post is from Championnews.net. The PRU Crew was very surprised, though we probably should not have been, to see these 2008 numbers -- we chose to sort the salary list according to salary level. However, if you visit the ChampionNews site, you can sort the results by name.
We've been told the salary numbers represent total compensation. Still, the compensation levels are somewhat startling, and we note these compensation levels come with guaranteed pension benefits for the rest of these people's natural lives. That's a pretty good deal and probably the reason why teachers such as Ms. Sandra Deines can retire well before the age of 65 and have time to plan theatrical demonstrations at public meetings, according to what we read in today's Herald-Advocate.
According to the Advocate article, "Sandra Deines, a former District 207 teacher and current Park Ridge resident, urged the board to tap the reserve fund, which she said was meant for a rainy day. "The people who that money belongs to are the people in this auditorium," she said."It's raining."
Surely Ms. Deines was talking about all the regular non-teacher taxpayers in attendance, right?
The PRU Crew must say it does appear to be raining, because it also appears Ms. Deines is all wet.
We also read that one teacher, "Mike Bender, a special-education teacher and softball coach whose job is scheduled to be cut, was a noted exception. Instead of asking the board to tap the reserves, Bender asked his union to return to the bargaining table. "I ask our union leadership to work this out with the board," he said. Union members in the crowd scoffed."..."Bender, who has been only teaching for three years, said tenured teachers who voted "no" the first time should take a good long look at what their colleagues who are preparing to lose jobs are going through."
Jeeze, it sure sounds as if a fellow non-tenured teacher is asking his fellow tenured teachers to share the protection offered by the "protective umbrella" of tenure!
Jeeze, does anybody else feel maybe the teacher's union membership should "take a good long look" at who will get left out in the rain? How about if just the top 265 educators making $100,000 or more in compensation "take a good long look" in the mirror?
Maine Township HSD 207 2008
NAME
SALARY
Morris, Joel W
$193,267
Dietz, Gregory E
$190,790
Wallace, Kenneth E
$180,062
Haugan, Audrey J
$177,083
Claypool, David L
$174,077
Schau, Pamela S
$167,763
Isoye, Steven T
$159,283
Lee, Donald E
$153,779
Pressler, Michael W
$153,156
Kelly, Maryanne
$150,835
Garlasco, Rosemarie A
$150,613
DiPrizio, Victor A
$148,811
Godlewski, Michael R
$148,252
Rutschke, Linda L
$146,161
Di Legge, Dino F
$145,895
Guilfoil, Jon S
$144,544
Eubank, Edward J
$144,461
Chovanec, Scott A
$144,004
Berendt, David J
$143,678
Adams, Steven R
$142,383
Lombardi, Rick M
$141,669
Botthof, Peter E
$141,463
Marino, Patricia A
$139,621
Matkovic, David J
$138,368
Dagres, George A
$136,784
Smith, Michael A
$136,734
Pettenuzzo, Raymond A
$136,307
Lloyd, Scott C
$135,600
Matan, Alan F
$135,380
Wood, John C
$135,154
Sweetwood, Jill T
$135,150
Trotter, Andrew J
$133,636
Parlette, Jeffrey D
$133,511
Scott, David F
$132,895
Thetard, Louis E
$132,705
Smith, Mark T
$132,567
Inserra, David G
$132,395
Murin, Michael F
$132,083
Bondi, Jo Ann
$131,795
Egan, Mark J
$131,783
Kendrick, Kara E
$131,602
Glunz, Cathy S
$131,423
Lonergan, James V
$131,307
Amidei, Juli A
$130,824
Thiele, Henry C
$130,688
Muszynski, John P
$130,473
Nelson, Jerrold S
$130,362
Scott, Frances R
$130,295
Clifford, David J
$129,387
Whitaker, Nancy L
$129,326
Mc Cann, Dennis J
$129,179
Regalado, Gregory R
$129,013
Visee, Emma H
$128,988
Connell, Harold W
$128,987
Addante, Christopher T
$128,973
Ryan, Patrick M
$128,189
Duggan, Patricia L
$127,156
MacDonald, Gail L
$127,054
Hall, Karen M
$127,022
Brewer, Ann M
$126,932
Wachowski, Jodie B
$126,068
Huber, Joann K
$125,666
Andrews, Lauren J
$125,458
Pope, Richard L
$125,450
Corey, Gabriel D
$125,051
Awad, Aida A
$124,877
Bohlman, Carolyn B
$124,698
Milano, William L
$124,679
Castronova, Thomas I
$124,615
Manning, Patrick M
$124,037
Miller, Jean M
$123,993
Taylor, Karen S
$123,980
Apgar, Eric J
$122,788
Tyler, John E
$122,609
Jones, Richard C
$122,597
Dernick, Ronald D
$121,971
Shook-Orr, Ruth L
$121,768
Haan, Geralyn B
$121,616
Browne, Isaac N
$121,385
Bragiel, Terrance R
$121,207
Barnett, Patrick S
$120,991
Deger, Christopher L
$120,696
Smail, David E
$120,382
Eckhardt, Melinda J
$120,033
Payne, Jay A
$119,842
Doescher, James A
$119,820
Wunderlich, James A
$119,787
Brownell, Carl M
$119,686
Gallagher, Helen C
$119,648
Diaz, Nelly L
$119,529
Retrum, Roseann W
$119,499
Thieme, William R
$119,446
Downing, Jeffrey D
$119,404
Groeling, Richard J
$119,136
Smith, Victoria T
$118,926
Lampert, Joan B
$118,874
Kohls-Ziering, Christine
$118,846
Morrison, Jayne K
$118,736
McKenzie, Gail S
$118,633
Gahagan-Mueller, Susan C
$118,496
Crawford, James J
$118,459
Leech, Heidi A
$118,179
Salefski, Douglas A
$118,044
Tortorelli, Robert G
$117,875
Benz, Carol B
$117,828
Gelz, Kenneth F
$117,725
Rodriguez, Victor M
$117,700
Mann, Helaine S
$117,686
Lloyd, Elizabeth J
$117,526
Spallato, Anthony F
$117,519
Kramer, Susan M
$117,303
Parrilli, Matthew C
$117,094
Tobin, Barbara L
$116,819
Murdy, Ralph D
$116,755
Koss, Debra J
$116,674
Clarke, Krista L
$116,655
Maurer, Susan A
$116,629
Lecastro, Joseph M
$116,538
Farrell-Pielin, Linda M
$116,526
Genis, Jennifer S
$116,514
Tyler, Judith A
$116,331
Rosseland, Susan D
$116,071
Nordahl, John G
$115,887
Hauenstein, John A
$115,875
Sieg, Michael A
$115,760
Lewis, Bernerd H
$115,674
Biewenga, Daun C
$115,600
Fallico, Craig R
$115,600
Hayes, Susan L
$115,567
Piha, Steven J
$115,339
Howley, David A
$115,339
Kwielford, Merrilee A
$115,298
Valko, Patricia R
$114,954
Gutekanst, Carol T
$114,924
Brower, Allen G
$114,868
Isoe, Liliana V
$114,815
Pollacci, Rebecca E
$114,709
Rueda-Alvarez, Claudia C
$114,633
Mastrolonardo, Michael A
$114,620
Geiger, Margaret R
$114,451
Byrne, Shannon M
$114,400
Granell, Gary S
$114,290
Dandridge, deborah
$114,239
Skiba, Carla M
$114,152
Bourn, Natalie M
$114,021
Guccione, Michael P
$113,952
Gallagher-Smythe, Margar
$113,730
Shankman, Karen G
$113,516
Rolla, Mary M
$113,457
McClure, Matthew K
$113,379
Serrano, Gregory M
$113,349
Creagh, Cathy F
$113,257
Hankins, Mark
$113,224
Bletzinger, Constance J
$112,972
Abramowitz, Jan
$112,953
Marino, Jack A
$112,848
Kuta, Katherine M
$112,752
Scholl, Steven L
$112,752
Fraker, Daniel M
$112,659
Bianco, Barry S
$112,641
Fabianski, Mary F
$112,588
Nicholus, Gay K
$112,497
Garvy, Maria E
$112,361
Deering, Susan E
$112,235
Bartholomae, Paul E
$112,201
Protess, Marianne
$112,091
Fallon, Joanne D
$112,065
Dvorak, James G
$112,016
Dollaske, Katherine F
$111,769
Francois, James R
$111,329
Kirley, Jannon D
$111,311
Baima, Sharon M
$110,944
Perrone, Robin J
$110,900
Possemato, Jeanie M
$110,820
Muir-Wilson, Eve M
$110,463
Kay, Brian D
$110,420
Kirshner, Jarett C
$110,322
Gallichio, Jeffrey J
$110,154
Hunter, Jonathan
$109,734
Tsagalis, James
$109,694
Sullivan, James J
$109,692
Vaznelis, Jone V
$109,646
Mendez, Thomas K
$109,593
Davis-Soil, Ruth D
$109,282
Crossin, Nanette J
$109,185
Hare, Christopher M
$109,146
Begovich, Mark B
$108,966
McNeill, Erik R
$108,903
Clark, Ronald W
$108,888
Shaphren, Charles B
$108,792
Moeller, Maureen M
$108,460
Lipka, Alicja K
$108,110
Wulbert, Penny F
$108,006
Pichinos, Sophia
$107,844
Hayhurst, Sharon A
$107,452
Atkinson, Bruce G
$107,221
Nagorzanski, Brian J
$107,215
Foley, Thomas M
$107,051
Majcen, Dawn K
$106,790
Stettner, Thomas R
$106,732
Markus, Laura A
$106,598
Hassman, Nathan A
$106,503
Harper, Randall A
$106,495
Reber, Brian R
$106,246
Voitik, Patrick L
$105,981
Hamrin, Julie B
$105,957
Allen, Amy J
$105,952
Kickham, Diane L
$105,870
Williams, Toni M
$105,769
Tomasiewicz, Paul E
$105,663
Kime, Marabeth D
$105,593
Gonzalez, Marianne
$105,593
Braverman, Jill S
$105,282
Vaughn, Leslie S
$104,919
Brinckerhoff, Katherine
$104,885
Sumida, Philip J
$104,783
Harper, Michael J
$104,752
Hanusiak, Karol S
$104,418
Ferdman, Corri J
$104,399
Langridge, Tobin G
$104,355
Langdon, Monika K
$104,299
Knodle, Howard A
$104,275
Butterfield, John R
$104,270
McBride, Peter W
$104,268
Kulesza, Jon T
$104,222
Vainowski, Beth A
$104,156
Englebert, Barbara
$103,473
Labbe, Karen S
$103,141
States, Daniel P
$103,126
Karlov Jr., Robert E
$103,063
Brown, Robert D
$103,049
Warner, Robert W
$103,022
Rosenberg, Richard W
$102,962
Spiegel, Timothy A
$102,932
Wasielewski, Roy J
$102,744
Ramirez, Cristina E
$102,651
Sharkey, Brett R
$102,333
Maksymiu, Stephanie W
$102,250
Karl, Janice C
$102,104
Zielinski, Gary R
$102,087
Marsicano, Jason A
$101,975
Nilsen, Peter G
$101,893
LaBonar, Leonard M
$101,831
Klein, Anna M
$101,812
Pappageorge, Timothy C
$101,756
Flores, Francine M
$101,721
Higgins-Spoleti, Linda L
$101,667
Borchew, Linda B
$101,589
Bihn, Joseph L
$101,334
Clifford, Susan J
$101,198
Calhoun, Lynne A
$100,923
Littrell, Jill N
$100,877
Lavorato, Anthony W
$100,827
Hamann, Jeffrey J
$100,793
Koshgarian, Laurie J
$100,724
Schmidt, Charles H
$100,701
Michalak, Betty A
$100,603
Lirette, Nancy A
$100,524
Hernandez, Emiliano
$100,066
Rieger, Barbara J
$100,047
MacLowry, Seth A
$99,960
Peters, Christopher B
$99,941
Ruder, Todd J
$99,884
Langmyer, Mary B
$99,711
Hoover, Elizabeth A
$99,563
Scott, Warren C
$99,430
Dobner, Mark R
$99,119
Claus, Ryan D
$99,049
Mellendorf, Naomi R
$98,979
Goldman, Laura L
$98,957
Olsen, Karen S
$98,939
Walsh, Joel A
$98,863
Fouts, Daniel M
$98,716
Harrier, James L
$98,662
Litwin, Lesley J
$98,642
Sanchez, Marybeth A
$98,539
Jonikas, Joanne H
$98,536
Dohr, Timothy A
$98,477
Young, Gregory J
$98,464
Godwin, Elizabeth A
$98,219
Serena III, Peter C
$98,099
Bruzan, Dorothy
$98,088
Grichnik, Dana C
$97,970
Dziedzic, Stacey L
$97,898
Grant-Angioletti, Mary
$97,890
Sinclair, Jacqueline A
$97,830
Lundberg, Gregory D
$97,379
Barbas, Francisco J
$97,077
Dolney, Daniel R
$97,021
Abraham, Gilit
$96,837
Espel, Ann M
$96,688
Fleming, Aaron
$96,681
Sabatello, Maria C
$96,656
Gray, Charles N
$96,619
Lee, SunAh G
$95,984
Samlan, Rachel A
$95,935
Wolcott, Bradley J
$95,785
McCleneghan, Lauri B
$95,374
Getz, Brian J
$95,308
Depies, James E
$94,873
Russell, Christine D
$94,846
Tumilty, Scott S
$94,806
Kupitz, Sharon P
$94,637
Doak, Owen C
$94,397
Pardun, Julie A
$94,344
Lasky, Dale R
$93,867
Cook, Timothy J
$93,813
Thallemer, Mary K
$93,633
Zelikoff, Patricia M
$93,479
Barbas, Jazmin
$93,454
Pederson, Joseph P
$93,341
Lloyd, Melissa P
$93,159
Lee-Chin, Catherine D
$93,074
Ryken, Kristi M
$93,073
Rausch, Terry L
$93,016
Tieman, Jeffrey A
$92,916
Srutwa, Krystyna W
$92,902
Roddick-Small, Jennifer
$92,773
Mc Arthur-Self, Donald L
$92,701
Etzwiler, Angie L
$92,621
Hessert, David M
$92,561
Clark, Monique M
$92,383
Headley, Christine B
$92,100
Flint, Tracey E
$91,986
Joyce, Christiana B
$91,416
Ladendorf, Jill A
$91,377
Kawalek, Cyndee G
$91,130
Llavona, Angel R
$90,995
Ellberg, Jennifer M
$90,850
Krasinski, Steven P
$90,801
Salamon-Massengill, Snje
$90,799
Haig, Anthony S
$90,719
Miller, Matthew F
$90,551
Schwan, John
$90,220
McMillin, Chad K
$90,195
Montesano, Anthony N
$90,016
Klatt, Peter R
$89,953
Scorza, Jonathan R
$89,904
Wolf, Margaret W
$89,798
Knight, Teri K
$89,748
Thomas, Ronald B
$89,704
Edsey, Angeleki E
$89,690
Swistak, Derrick A
$89,682
Parlette, Caroline M
$89,668
Berkowitz, Terri
$89,377
Egan, Thomas D
$89,298
Ward, Sean P
$89,161
Bellisario, Paul P
$89,002
Greenwald, William M
$88,689
McElligott, Mark A
$88,503
Bezek, Anne K
$88,484
Michaels, Donna E
$88,464
Miller, Donald W
$88,379
O'Malley, Victoria E
$88,221
Lanham, Diane M
$88,171
Kura Jr., Donald M
$88,154
Burda, Edward R
$88,038
York, Adam J
$87,888
Hatch, Colleen C
$87,758
Galanes, Santiago
$87,629
McGowan, Laurie M
$87,326
Beer, Johannes
$87,313
Resser, Joanna B
$87,269
Bogue, Christine M
$87,033
Spillman, Diane M
$86,987
Kulak, Kara L
$86,717
Filipowski, Susan L
$86,642
Kumiega, Jamie M
$86,525
Villalobos, Maria C
$86,521
Mitckess, Donald
$85,770
McGowan, James P
$85,429
Pajor, Carolyn K
$85,367
Gerstmayr, Bernie
$85,153
Wisdom, Jane M
$84,862
Kladis, Amy M
$84,852
Sarlas, Johanna B
$84,851
Meier, Roberta
$84,643
Torosian, Sona
$84,490
Foster, Angela Y
$84,470
Cohn, Howard D
$84,291
Dutmers, Jason A
$84,123
Oakley-Propst, Ann A
$83,938
Buhay, Lawrence B
$83,938
Spanos, Donna K
$83,855
Nichols, Angie M
$83,782
Ellefson, Matthew J
$83,755
Ryan, Linda C
$83,608
Lappe, Rachel H
$83,453
Horn, Debra B
$83,428
Simon, Glenn E
$83,417
Mihalopoulos, Stylianos
$83,391
Leathem, Leslie E
$83,316
Depcik, Paul P
$83,054
Sebastian, Tracy L
$82,932
Coval, Eric D
$82,828
Chlebek, Krystyna M
$82,716
Gonzalez, Daniel M
$82,649
karrow, Rebecca J
$82,463
Hanes, Matthew J
$82,125
Kaiser, Thomas W
$82,056
Wadhwa, Sara P
$82,037
Weber, Lance C
$81,793
Hegadorn, Tami L
$81,697
Ciss, Kathleen M
$81,661
Disrude, Kirk A
$81,661
Ruttkay, Nicole E
$81,502
Driscoll, Brian T
$81,390
Olson, Glenn R
$81,312
Panzilius, Stefan G
$81,236
Hurley, Kevin P
$81,098
McCluskey, Stacy L
$81,000
Broska, Christopher S
$80,932
Casanova, Tom A
$80,886
Garrity, Tim M
$80,212
Stock, Kevin J
$80,103
Anderson, Antoine L
$79,985
Sarashinsky, Jennifer A
$79,674
Papanastasopoulos, Eliza
$79,387
Baysingar, David D
$79,190
Tavano, Anthony
$79,177
Olson, Glenn W
$78,995
Briody, Erin E
$78,539
Pauly, Jacquelyn L
$78,494
Roubitchek, Adam J
$78,350
Magnusson, Catherine E
$78,313
Smith, Gerald D
$78,169
Arguello, Jose V
$78,088
Archer, Samantha R
$78,044
Pomey, Joseph G
$77,936
Lauro-Geruso, Gioia M
$77,863
Sadler, Mecca M
$77,820
Hardin, Theresa L
$77,729
Pecak, Kelly A
$77,569
Jacob, Lisa M
$77,421
O'Halloran, Kendra L
$77,227
Rizzi, Barbara
$76,971
Ceisel, Dorothy A
$76,789
Bores, Jenny E
$76,568
Aguirre, Miguel
$76,532
Divincenzo, Michael J
$76,414
Conlon, Trisha R
$76,334
Sinclair, Andrew M
$76,092
Stathakis, Alexander P
$76,080
Barney, Charles A
$75,937
Stewart, Rebecca M
$75,739
Balk, Melinda J
$75,375
Ehringer, Heather A
$75,306
Schanou, Darcie L
$75,303
Koo, Elizabeth Y
$75,299
Schultz, David G
$75,278
Rettig, Christian A
$75,262
Butera, Tina M
$74,947
Kamai, Karrie S
$74,829
Bosa, Sara C
$74,794
Daly, Andrew
$74,461
Djordjevic, Sarah A
$74,189
Palm, Megan E
$74,167
Curcuro, James N
$74,056
Carder, Jennifer D
$73,945
Bader, Carla T
$73,866
Walter, Douglas M
$73,859
Hernandez, Eliades B
$73,825
Kirshner, Laura C
$73,170
Buzeta, Marisabel
$73,141
Quidayan, Christopher V
$73,091
Riley, Melissa M
$73,024
Ball, Elizabeth R
$72,870
Matzen, Laura A
$72,781
Hoogenboom, Lisa A
$72,742
Terretta, Kimberly M
$72,187
DeMarigny, Kimberly M
$72,093
Kinnas, Pauline E
$72,040
Marshall, Kristen M
$72,010
Schultes, Scott M
$71,964
Baker, Susan A
$71,648
Hoerning, Jennifer V
$71,602
Salmansohn, Adina T
$71,601
Muscia, Brian J
$71,260
Tomassi, Kathryn L
$70,952
Monier, Kara
$70,936
Karpiak, Leslie C
$70,698
Eckhardt, Elizabeth J
$70,269
Grazzini, Jennifer M
$70,198
Venn, Steve W
$70,151
Nero, Caroline E
$70,126
Cintado, Tomas G
$70,020
Alden, Aileen
$69,983
Trenkle, Andrew J
$69,687
Balk, Holly S
$69,630
Poehler, Michael J
$69,393
Gergen, Teresa M
$69,273
Johnson, Devin M
$69,165
Meyer, Michelle
$68,996
Pascal, Rebecca M
$68,842
Shanahan, William A
$68,466
Zepeda, Salvador C
$68,125
Bennett-DeGrado, Stephan
$68,067
Kaplan, Lauren E
$68,022
Franey, Christine
$67,792
Dickinson, Julie M
$67,595
Sievert, Caeli E
$67,555
Currey, Doreen A
$67,469
Bergquist, Sheila A
$67,271
Fee, Brian P
$67,182
Matter, Joel P
$67,164
Sallmann, Melissa L
$67,143
Hiselman, Margaret L
$67,059
Odegard, Eileen E
$66,937
Smaha, Brendan C
$66,928
Gest, Allison M
$66,648
Robinson, Tessa M
$66,573
Hamilton, Susan E
$66,557
Wendell, Lynn M
$66,357
Diviak, Darren A
$66,292
Mazanowski, Kristin L
$66,290
Reuhs, Gregory W
$66,110
Ryan, Gwynne G
$66,093
Macoratti, Ellen R
$66,084
Levin, Rachel B
$65,877
Sandora, Gina P
$65,647
Gorecki, Magdalene A
$65,627
Cholewa, Kirsta L
$65,603
Greguras, Joseph J
$65,551
Rodriguez, Nicole
$65,383
Spiggos, James
$65,276
Conlon, Jennifer H
$65,271
Belleau, Kevin R
$65,159
Russell, Bonnie J
$65,133
Nica, Magdalena M
$64,914
Sinnott, Kimberly
$64,876
Weber, Maggie M
$64,656
Rodriguez, Emilio H
$64,554
Rome, Bryan J
$64,432
Bradley, Dolores R
$64,220
Ramirez, Alonso R
$63,974
Hult, Bryanne
$63,849
Culbertson, Keith A
$63,819
Kudlov, Amy J
$63,108
Fechner, Garrett K
$62,870
Smith, Christine A
$62,717
Simon, William A
$62,701
Magnuson, Christine M
$62,678
Childress, Shelby R
$62,666
Modica, Cristina A
$62,498
Claus, Amy M
$62,237
Evans, Gina L
$62,184
Weber, Maria S
$62,040
Cammarata, Richard B
$61,631
Fermanich, David J
$61,589
Burns, Jill E
$61,279
Koshar, Ryan E
$61,231
Bender, Michael D
$61,015
Liakakos, Alexis
$60,961
McGreevy, Michael J
$60,756
Kamarchevakul, Megan L
$60,712
Poskozim, Clinton J
$60,641
Savage, Susan C
$60,304
Spicer, Brian S
$60,267
Hansen, Kevin C
$59,871
Kochikaran, Jeffrey
$59,721
Kaye, Katie C
$59,413
Biondo, Michael P
$58,655
Dwyer, Michelle L
$58,614
Ossola, Ashley E
$58,402
Krause, Thomas J
$58,357
King, Peter R
$58,204
Oldham, Leslie M
$57,910
Kellam, Tracy L
$57,778
Schmidt, Amy K
$57,745
Downey, Donald S
$57,703
Bohac Taylor, Amy M
$57,471
Gardella, Clare P
$57,160
Boyle, Michael K
$56,966
Nee, Michael R
$56,950
Bohn, Linda A
$56,753
Stewart, Tracy R
$56,575
Markworth, Kelly O
$56,557
Lombardi, Carrie L
$56,518
Ordeanu, Allen A
$55,441
Paz, Rebecca A
$55,288
May, Benjamin C
$55,086
Schlesser, Holly D
$55,005
von Wahlde, Michael D
$54,495
Fraser, Lauren E
$54,396
Arvidson, Jacquelyn A
$54,260
Voigt, Collin C
$54,129
Wood, Diana M
$54,116
Wasilewski, Adam
$53,782
Helton, Keri L
$53,695
Wegrzyn, Megan C
$53,586
Massi, Frank D
$53,400
Gaubatz, Sarah E
$53,093
Scorza, Sherri J
$53,064
Melton, Mitchell S
$52,871
Coppola, Cathleen N
$52,517
Chen, Jennifer M
$52,457
Bianchi, Alaina M
$51,418
Lam, Julie H
$51,266
Ludolph, Amy E
$51,244
Wolfe, Karen A
$51,169
Osmus, Erin M
$51,071
Johnson, Kimberly S
$51,048
Fierro, Britnee A
$51,006
Paustian, Daniel E
$50,941
Miller, Sheila
$50,855
Rinard, Diana T
$50,756
Baran, Amanda K
$50,650
Di Legge, Linda
$50,595
Bowbin, Heidi C
$50,329
Fedewa, Ryan M
$50,184
Adkins, Kenneth R
$49,778
Bonifazi, Theresa D
$49,159
Krukowski, Amy M
$49,056
Moore, Mary L
$48,971
Ganzer, Lindsay A
$48,963
Phillips, Jessica L
$48,963
Cabrera, Rogelio M
$48,963
Kochan, Sarah A
$48,963
Espinosa, Jennifer A
$47,997
Robbins, Kristi M
$47,888
Sayre, Christina M
$47,735
Hare, Joan M
$47,610
Sandifur, Kellee D
$47,244
Allen, Stephanie L
$47,048
Grimm, Erin E
$46,481
LoPresti-Labno, Deborah
$45,931
Auge Caliendo, Suzanne M
$45,726
Franzen, Jodi B
$44,938
Heyden, Julia L
$44,818
Hendrickson, Rachel L
$43,416
Hussmann, Kristin G
$43,370
Durkin, Kathleen L
$43,288
Schwan, Donna M
$41,389
Sagmeister, Sara L
$40,326
Albee, Erin E
$38,540
Staunton, Angela L
$37,799
Savard, Suzanne A
$37,393
Greiwe, Kimberly K
$36,337
Zafiropoulos, Paul
$35,286
Valentine, Kevin J
$32,796
Baranowski-Leff, Beth A
$27,636
Apergis, Helen G
$27,059
Castellanos, Hector
$25,688
Reitz, Wendy K
$25,043
Bergemann, Kyle C
$23,589
Marth, Charles P
$22,096
Del Rio, Anna M
$21,512
Ruggeri, Virginia F
$21,052
Engeriser, Keith J
$20,856
Saurer, Carrie L
$20,667
Chou, Wan-Yin
$20,618
Reese, Jennifer V
$17,128
Sanchez, Patrick T
$6,091
Jensen, Christopher R
$5,056
Waites, Kyle J
$4,547
January 21, 2010
Who Will Get Left Out In The Rain?
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Holy wow! I didn't know teaching in h.s. could be so rewarding!
Aren't teachers one of the examples used for why we have to have more affordable housing because teachers can't afford to live in our town?
What nonsense!
Yeah, that kind of money for what's an 8-month a year job (counting summers off), great job security, excellent benefits, and retirement at 55.
I know I am in the minority but I will say it again if for no other reason but to make me feel better. I have no problem with a good teacher with a masters who has been on the job 15+ years making 100K. I am amazed that there is no focus on the 100's of names listed below the 100K "magic number". Finally, it is amusing how you position Mr. Bender. Based on the comments of many here on this issue, I would think you would find it outrageous and be glad he was gone. Based on your own data source, look what a teacher was being compensated with one year on the job (at the time the data was collected).
3:13:
Isn't "good teacher" enough? Why is a "masters" so important?
$100K/yr for approx. 8 months of actual work is $133K/yr. Throw in the defined benefit (not 401k) pension and bennies and complete job security and it's suh-weet.
If they were actually worth the money they were paid, they wouldn't need a teachers union.
anon 4:11:
I have been through this in previous posts so I know I am fighting a loosing battle but at least for the sake of fairness, the numbers do not represent just salary but also some of their benefits. If you are thinking about what you make annually and comparing that to the published number it is not apples to apples. Additionally, it is possible that some of these teachers taught summer school which would be included in that number and would mean that they worked a full year.
As for the Masters, I am not a big degree person but it does represent an investment of time and money on their part. In my field an MBA matters even if you are a complete schmuck!!
As in previous times I have commented on this topic, I am not defending bad teachers or waste in the system - there are certainly both in 207. I just cannot believe the outrage at these numbers. I am far from a rich man but this is not the 1950's. 100K is not the king's ransom. I believe that teaching is an important enough profession that if a person is good at it and after they have been at it for 15 years, for them to be making 100K is not a bad thing.
As to it being a sweet deal, if you really think so you should go apply!! It is never too late!! Then, in about 15 years, you can look forward to making 100K.
5:24 PM:
I won't become a teacher because I can't afford the pay cut. Then again, I regularly work 12 month years and I have to actually perform or else I get fired.
Teachers resist any kind of benchmarking or evaluation, except the warm fuzzy kind that can't really be measured. Pure public sector "one size fits all" performance.
5:24:
100K is the average income for Park Ridge, but people still have the impression teachers are underpaid. The list shows that's not the case. I don't think anybody is outraged by the amount so much as they might be ourtraged by the willingness of these teachers to watch their peers lose their jobs based only on their not having seniority and tenure. That's what outrages me about unions in general and specifically teachers unions. If you can get by the first few years then you can coast at mediocre speed for the rest of your career and never work more than 8 or 9 months out of the year with a ton of days off too. I'm also outraged at across the board pay increases in connection with tenure and then at the end guaranteed pensions for life. These teachers aren't living in the real world. Refusing a 1% cut in what is already a pay increase is pure selfish greed, especially in an economy like this. It's not just very bad that they are willing to watch their colleages get axed, but the more people out of work is bad for all of us and that's pure selfishness and it's evil.
anon 7:51:
I guess the difference between us is that my experience does not match yours. I guess I must live in a bubble!! While I do not know every single teacher that works within the various schools in Park Ridge, I have had experience with many over the years.
This picture that you paint simply does not match my experience. You paint this picture of bunch of goofs who don't even care and simply coast. You and many others here paint this picture of teaching as an easy job. Hell, I could NEVER teach, not because of the pay cut, but because the job would drive me freakin' crazy. There seems to be a huge lack of respect for what these people do every day.
Lastly, we all post anon so I have no idea who you are. Forgive me if I am wrong but I see these "selfish" comments as a bunch of hypocritical crap. Are you telling me that you have never been in your career been in a situation where a division of your company or people in your company was being slashed while things were going OK for you? SO you want the unions to behave in a way that (in all likelyhood) you would not behave.
Lastly, your first comment confused me. You say that people have the impression that teachers are underpaid??? What??? I certainly have never said that!! I am simply responding to the sentiment that always comes up here on the blogs that somehow dramatically overpaid. read the posts just in this thread!
That's a lot of money to work a job 8 months of the year, that after you teach for 3-4 years you have for life, and that when you retire you will get a lifetime pension.
Screw these teachers....lay 'em off. That's how things work in the real world.
7:39 AM
I'm not 7:51, but I see a big difference between non-union employees and union employees, so comparing private sector to public sector is bogus.
Being a tenured teacher is Fantasyland, where the ruled of the real world don't apply. These teachers should thank God they picked that career, because they can be just about as irresponsible as they want with no consequences. So long as they don't molest their students.
Anon: 6:15
No they are too busy molesting the taxpayers.
Jean Miller is the Vice President of the Teachers Union (MTA). She has been heard saying that "She would not give up a dime of her pay to save a fellow teacher". In 2008 it shows her as making 123K. And I am sure she has had raises since.
These teachers were given the option of taking a pay freeze or a cut in the pay increase for the remainder of the contract. They all had a chance to vote and they voted to keep their pay.
Times are tough and everyone in the business world has taken a paycut, furlough, or decrease in salary, forget about bonuses.
The teachers chose to force the hand of the school district. WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO SPEND ABOVE OUR MEANS!
So whose to blame for the 75 teachers that are losing their jobs? The teachers union! They are eating their young!
The English teachers are complaining that they will have to go from a 20 student class size to a 24 student classroom. WOW!
When I went to Maine South there was an average of 30 students in the class!
So they might have to teach an extra 4 students? Instead of taking a pay cut?
QUIT YOUR WHINING!
At least District 207 isn't trying to pass a referendum to raise more money. (remember that one? That referendum got us six new administrators)
I am very happy that District 207 is trying to be fiscally responsible. Thank you!
Does anyone have a list of the teachers that are losing their jobs? If it is the non-tenured teachers it will be a shame. Some of the young teachers are much better with our kids than the old grumpy ones.
6:15:
Are you buying your own crap?!?!?! There is a different standard of caring and sacraficing for your "fellow man" in the private versus public sector????? How is it different? If people in the public sector are getting laid off how is it not selfish of their fellow employeees to kick in so that they can still work? Of course labeling the teachers as selfish works ffor the whole argument.
Finally, it would appear to me that the issue may be less about the teachers "thanking God" or being grateful about choosing to be teachers. It appears to me it may be more about you being pissed off that you didn''t.
Anon@8:57 --
There are many people perfectly content not to have chosen the teaching profession. The peerage may be among the reasons for their opting out.
I do not recall an example of employees in the private sector ever being given the opportunity to express their opinion to management on the issue of sacrifice for their "fellow man"
Please feel free to provide such an example.
Sickening. The teachers are complaining during these difficult times.
They are very lucky I am not on the board. There should be a 3 year freeze on wages and 10% pay cut.
They would then be in the real world.
Please understand the times for property tax income has not hit bottom yet. We have at least 4 additional years of difficulty ahead.
As stated by many here...I agree the union members should be willing to fore-go 1% of their 3% salary *increase*, in order to assist in the retention of their fellow teachers and to assist the entire district in filling some of the budget gap.
What I have not heard addressed is, beyond the level of union membership...the administrative level of the district, specifically...what amount of "give back" or salary reductions...wage freezes, furloughs, etc. have the non-union administrators agreed to? Do I understand correctly that those in the administration...principles, deans, etc...are not part of the union?
According to the D207 website, there have been administrative cuts.
www.maine207.org/assets/1/documents/Exhibit_C.pdf
I had heard before that the superintendant put his money where his mouth was and gave up his raise and his bonus.
The list includes already retired Morris and Schau, Super and asst Sup of Finance (finger points to them).
Remember the union negotiations ended last Spring where the Dist acted on its incorrect information thus the high % increases.
TVs, football fields, and other capital improvements are not out of their operating budgt or "checking account" those were paid from the savings or "reserves".
How did they get where they are?
1) poor accounting with a $12mil mistake
2) years of developing mistrust between the union and dist
3) the board not holding the superintendents accountable
4) betting on the economy
As a future pensioner myself (not a teacher) I agree with pensions but the high sallaries and who is getting 'rif'd" vs those who will hae a job I question
The proposal is rumored to have the armed in-school police officer to be gone with... and
-1/2 the security staff
-no more off duty officers
-a return of the students in outside placement for behavior
They are giving up on school safety for the almighty $$$
Anon at 7:53am.
Park Ridge Police Officer Mike Luehr will still be full time at Maine South. Mike's office at Maine South is actually a branch of the Park Ridge Police Station. Mike still has the security of Maine South under control.
Christy was the retired officer that worked at Maine South but he was let go in November and is only at the school as a Part time sub from time to time.
Now, now 2:49. We would not want the facts to get in the way of a good catch phrase. "They are giving up on school safety for the almighty $$$." Kinda reminds me of death panels!!
Jan 24 7:50 am-Just because the new multi-million dollar athletic field and lights and the new flat screen tvs in the Maine South cafe were paid for from the capital fund does not mean they were good expenditures.
When ground was broken on the new turf in late May 2009-D207 was aware there would be a "budget crisis" in the next school year. Why the hell then would they decide to go ahead with that project? Why would South only just recently install flat screen tvs in the cafe so the students can watch the history channel during lunch?! These projects-like other non essential capital improvement projects should have been put on hold by district officials.
What a great message D207 officials are sending-We have a top notch athletic field with lights but we are cutting or eliminating resources for the classroom. Now we know what is truly important to those in charge at Maine South.
7:33pm --
According to the
Executive Summary the knowledge timeline in your statement conflicts with the reported knowledge timeline of the district.
PRUTECH-I find it hard to believe that the district did not know in May 2009 that there would be a "budget crisis" the following fall-just a few short months later. That exemplifies the poor decision making by D207 officials who are in charge. Very sad and costly for both the taxpayers of the district and the students. But at least the football team got its new field.
What about our students at Maine South? The ones that have been involved in the rally are really misinformed. One of the students was telling me that the school board could return the TV sets and then be able to keep the teachers.
I told him that even if they returned the TV's it would not be enough money to keep teachers being let go.
Are the teachers recruiting our kids to help with the rally?
Yes!!! It is brainwashing!!! Just like Obama!!!! Run!!!!!Putz!!!
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