A Pioneer Press study examined the superintendents' base salaries, district-paid contributions to their state pension, annuities, car allowances and other job perks negotiated into their respective contracts.The salary data show that retiring superintendents are enjoying special one-time payments, retirement contributions, bonuses, purchased annuities and other retirement incentives.
For example, New Trier District 203 Superintendent Henry Bangser retired in June and made $356,500 in the final year of his contract, making him the highest paid superintendent on the North Shore and second highest paid in the state last school year, according to an Illinois Board of Education spokeswoman.
His replacement, Linda Yonke, will earn $227,150 this school year.
Of course, yesterday we had the story about Evanston schools going after parents for fees to restore program cuts while continue to pay those pricy administrator salaries. It's not just administrators, though they are the worst offenders, enabled by fox-guarding-the-hen-house school boards. Too often school boards are cheerleaders and rubber stamps for the administration, and/or the teachers' union.
The Champion has a searchable database including teacher salaries in Illinois.
And the last few weeks we have had letters to the editor in the Wilmette Life suggesting that children are at risk due to polling places being held in schools. Everyone is concerned about school safety, but it is typical liberal overkill to impugn their neighbors who vote at the school. Presumably it is a ploy by the teachers' union to give them the day off so they can more effectively turn out their Dem vote.If these letter writers are really concerned about keeping the schools open to the voting public, which pays for them I might add, they should advocate privatizing the schools. I suppose we could always put polling tents in the parks. Kind of a town meeting on the town green kind of thing.
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