The Valley View School District 365U school board approved its annual administrator and teacher salary and benefits report Monday night. School districts are required by state law to post the report by Oct. 1 each year.
Editor's note: We post this information because we know it is of interest to our readers, the taxpayers, whose property taxes are the largest source of income for the school district.
Compare Valley View with other districts in this 2011 article. Another article will be posted Wednesday with the 2012 information. You can view the 2011 Administrator Salary Compensation Report here.
While the 2011 report breaks down benefits into specific insurance and pension information, the 2012 report does not break down the numbers into more specific information.
You can view the full 2012 VVSD report here.
Name Position Base Salary Enhancements Other benefits Total James Mitchem Superintendent $191,345 $24,669 $216,014 Garrick Grizaffi Assistant Superintendent of Administrative Services $171,000 $22,046 $193,046 Michael Lopez Facility Operations and Maint. Director $139,710 $9,920$149,630
Rachel Kinder Assistant Superintendent of Education 6-12 $130,673 $16,847 $147,520 Venus Smith Assistant Superintendent of Education K-5 $130,673 $13,558 $144,231 Fabby Williams Bolingbrook High School Principal $130,673 $13,558 $144,231 Christopher Schaeflein Jane Addams Middle School Principal $126,393 $16,295 $142,688 Derek Kinder Romeoville High School Principal $123,798 $15,961 $139,759 Elizabeth Martinez Director of Professional Development $126,969 $11,842 $138,811 Michele Romolt Principal, Jonas E. Salk Elementary School $117,123 $7,757 $12,152 $137,032 Karen Page Phoenix Experience Director $113,540 $11,354 $124,894 Joanne Bourg Finance Director $114,490 $8,129 $122,619 S. James Boudouris Athletic Director, Romeoville High School $104,382 $6,913 $10,830 $122,125 Keith Wood Brooks Middle School Principal $106,538 $13,478 $120,016 Daniel Laverty Humphrey Middle School Principal $106,274 $13,599 $119,873 Alec Anderson Athletic Director, Bolingbrook High School $107,514 $11,155 $118,669 J. Sharon Hawks Executive Director of Human Resources $109,297 $7,760 $117,057 Donald Tufano Director of Instructional Technology $103,383 $13,329 $116,712 Donna Nylander Principal, Early Childhood Center $98,468 $6,521 $10,216 $115,205 Ricardo Sanchez-Lopez Director of Bilingual Education $103,872 $10,777 $114,649Editor's note: The previous data posted included some errors, including the absence of Assistant Superintendent Venus Smith on the list. Those errors have been corrected. The district also changed the "Retirement" heading to "Enhancements" in an updated document.
1. Jim Mitchem and his wife. I believe his wife is an assistant principal at one of VVSD schools. 2. Rachel & Derek Kinder. Ones an assistant sup, and the other is an asst principal. This is too hilarious.
Can't debate the facts, so you post personal insults, under an assumed name to boot? Come on now, you've lost the debate before it even started. The first rule in debating ( a universal rule) is to avoid personal attacks. Stick to the issue. I'm not running for any political office, and have no personal resentment against anyone. I'm just a passionate Bolingbrook resident that love politics and debating. Come out of hiding, give your real name, and lets have an honest debate about how our tax dollars are being spent. The question we should be asking is - Do taxpayers mind VVSD having administrators with spouses employed in the same district? It's a legitimate question to debate.
Derek KInder is a Principal of Romeoville High School
250k in one household from our tax money? Thats Absurd! I believe in paying based on the results obtained, Thus far the results i have seen have been less than stellar, My experiences at district events has been below my expectations, and my time spent raising money to subsidize departments who are lacking funds has grown each year, the amount of fundraisers is out of control. Every one of the people in administration needs to give back some of their salary to hire people to do the grunt work of teaching our children, pay for special ed equipment, give our children school book instead of copies of workbooks. Thats what kills me most- I ask wheres your book? im told we dont have a book we do worksheets daily. There has to be a better way
My boss is a VP of a large department. He's making way less than some of the fat cat administrators at VVSD. Maybe I should change careers, go back to school and get a PHD in public school administration.
As the famous phrase goes - "don't hate the player, hate the game. If you don't like what you see, change it."
http://www.boarddocs.com/il/d365u/Board.nsf/files/8YAP7862D44B/$file/FY12%20ISBE%20Salary%20and%20Benefits%2009.24.12.pdf
and all in the name of "leveling the playing field" ... how about we level these salaries until we see some much needed improvement! I want a refund of my tax $$$!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=M2fHQ9eULzk#!