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Bread winners making top dough
October 5, 2008
By Tim Waldorf twaldorf@scn1.com
Five of the 10 highest-paid public employees serving Naperville are working in Indian Prairie School District 204.
District 204 Superintendent Stephen Daeschner, who's in the midst of his second year as the district's top administrator, heads the list of top-paid public servants. His contract provides him with a salary of $233,775, not including benefits or pension contributions.
Earlier this year, Daeschner received a 3.7 percent raise, which is less than what other district administrators received. The board awarded other administrators raises between 3.9 percent - which is the same raise provided for teachers in their contract - and 6 percent, with the higher raises made to bring some administrators' salaries into "competitive alignment with the market," according to the district.
Those raises secured four other District 204 administrators places on the top-10 list: Kathy Birkett, District 204's deputy superintendent, and Dave Holm, its assistant superintendent for finance, both make $163,575, ranking them fourth on the list; and Robert McBride, Neuqua Valley High School's new principal, and Kristine Marchiando, Waubonsie Valley High School's new principal, both make $154,000, ranking them ninth.
Daeschner declined to comment for this story, but Janet Bugglio, District 204's communications director, noted that the district's average administrator's salary of $101,958 is less than the state average of $102,310. She also noted that the District 204 operates with far few administrators than the average Illinois school district. District 204's student-to-administrator ratio is 386 to 1, whereas the state's average is 231 to 1.
District 203
Two Naperville School District 203 administrators rank second and third on the list, compiled by The Sun based on Freedom of Information Act requests answered by the city, park and school districts. The Sun also asked DuPage and Will counties for lists of their 10 highest-paid public servants.
District 203 Superintendent Alan Leis, who will retire at the end of this school year after serving six years at his post, makes $207,781, not including taxpayer-funded benefits and pension contributions. Over the summer, the District 203 board awarded him a merit raise of 6 percent, which is 2.2 percent higher than the raised provided this year for the average District 203 teacher or administrator.
And Naperville North Principal Ross Truemper, who is also set to retire at the end of this school year, ranks third on the list. In fact, Truemper's upcoming retirement is why his salary stands at $177,412. He's the last District 203 administrator to receive a 20 percent raise for providing at least two years irrevocable notice of his intent to retire. That type of retirement incentive is now all but limited to 6 percent, as the state now requires school districts to pay the actuarial difference any raises in excess of 6 percent will have on their retiring employees' pensions.
City, park employees
City of Naperville employees rank sixth, seventh and eighth on the list.
Allan Poole, Naperville's public utilities director, makes $157,694, or $694 more than City Manager Pro Tem Robert Marshall.
However, on top of his $157,000 salary, Marshall, who served as a Naperville police officer for about 30 years, also earns $84,666 from his police pension.
Naperville's top cop, Police Chief David Dial, ranks eighth on the list with a salary of $154,441.
No Naperville Park District employee's salary ranked in the top 10. New Executive Director Ray McGury, the district's highest-paid employee, ranks 21st with a salary of $135,000.
Bread winners making top dough
October 5, 2008
By Tim Waldorf twaldorf@scn1.com
Five of the 10 highest-paid public employees serving Naperville are working in Indian Prairie School District 204.
District 204 Superintendent Stephen Daeschner, who's in the midst of his second year as the district's top administrator, heads the list of top-paid public servants. His contract provides him with a salary of $233,775, not including benefits or pension contributions.
Earlier this year, Daeschner received a 3.7 percent raise, which is less than what other district administrators received. The board awarded other administrators raises between 3.9 percent - which is the same raise provided for teachers in their contract - and 6 percent, with the higher raises made to bring some administrators' salaries into "competitive alignment with the market," according to the district.
Those raises secured four other District 204 administrators places on the top-10 list: Kathy Birkett, District 204's deputy superintendent, and Dave Holm, its assistant superintendent for finance, both make $163,575, ranking them fourth on the list; and Robert McBride, Neuqua Valley High School's new principal, and Kristine Marchiando, Waubonsie Valley High School's new principal, both make $154,000, ranking them ninth.
Daeschner declined to comment for this story, but Janet Bugglio, District 204's communications director, noted that the district's average administrator's salary of $101,958 is less than the state average of $102,310. She also noted that the District 204 operates with far few administrators than the average Illinois school district. District 204's student-to-administrator ratio is 386 to 1, whereas the state's average is 231 to 1.
District 203
Two Naperville School District 203 administrators rank second and third on the list, compiled by The Sun based on Freedom of Information Act requests answered by the city, park and school districts. The Sun also asked DuPage and Will counties for lists of their 10 highest-paid public servants.
District 203 Superintendent Alan Leis, who will retire at the end of this school year after serving six years at his post, makes $207,781, not including taxpayer-funded benefits and pension contributions. Over the summer, the District 203 board awarded him a merit raise of 6 percent, which is 2.2 percent higher than the raised provided this year for the average District 203 teacher or administrator.
And Naperville North Principal Ross Truemper, who is also set to retire at the end of this school year, ranks third on the list. In fact, Truemper's upcoming retirement is why his salary stands at $177,412. He's the last District 203 administrator to receive a 20 percent raise for providing at least two years irrevocable notice of his intent to retire. That type of retirement incentive is now all but limited to 6 percent, as the state now requires school districts to pay the actuarial difference any raises in excess of 6 percent will have on their retiring employees' pensions.
City, park employees
City of Naperville employees rank sixth, seventh and eighth on the list.
Allan Poole, Naperville's public utilities director, makes $157,694, or $694 more than City Manager Pro Tem Robert Marshall.
However, on top of his $157,000 salary, Marshall, who served as a Naperville police officer for about 30 years, also earns $84,666 from his police pension.
Naperville's top cop, Police Chief David Dial, ranks eighth on the list with a salary of $154,441.
No Naperville Park District employee's salary ranked in the top 10. New Executive Director Ray McGury, the district's highest-paid employee, ranks 21st with a salary of $135,000.