Highland Park's Stinking Rich Teachers: 2011 HS Teachers Salaries

(Ed. Note: Since the initial publication of this article new salary figures have been released and posted on 9/8/12. These are the latest available and readers of the 2010 list will note that they all got nice pay hikes, despite the economic crisis.)

Posted below is the complete 2010 list of teachers names and salaries for Highland Park High School and Deerfield High School in District 113.

It could be of more than passing interest to the people of those North suburban Chicago hamlets, because their education establishment is pleading poverty and wants them to pony up more in taxes.

On April 5th, voters in Highland Park, Deerfield and Highwood will be asked to approve a referendum that would hike their taxes to pay $133 million more for the High Schools. After interest on the bonds that it wants to float, taxpayers would be stuck with an actual tab of $200 million.

The education establishment claims that it sorely needs the dough to patch up roofs and build athletic running tracks. But it might have thought of those things when it committed to teachers salaries that are positively among the most opulent in the nation.

Here are some highlights of the fat salaries paid to Highland Park and Deerfield High School personnel:

--- An army of 15 "Guidance Counselors" pulling down between $100k and $174k, with the average at $134k

--- A $147k drivers Ed teacher

--- 5 psychologists hauling in between $101 and $139k

--- $148k for a sex ed. teacher

--- 14 gym teachers each pulling down between $109 and $170k

--- 12 people called "Learning behavior specialists" pulling down between $102 and $140k

--- 2 six-figure social workers

--- Three drama coaches pulling down more than $100k including one at $171k (Did HP HS snare Sir Laurence Olivier?)

The complete list of salaries is posted below in alphabetical order. These are, in almost all cases salaries for 10 months of work and come with gold plated health benefits and uniquely generous retirement plans.


For a detailed speadsheet, go to the Family Taxpayers Foundation site. That is the group that filed the Freedom of Information lawsuit to secure public release of this data from the ISBE.

Also, you can see more data on the individual employee, such as specialty and years of service, by clicking on the name.

Here is the complete list of 2011 Teachers salaries for Highland Park High School and Deerfield High School, both in HS District 113:

Teacher Salary Database Twp HSD 113 2011 - Download data NAME SALARY Acosta-Carmona, Jose $113,776 Akers, Alicia $142,866 Alexander, Earl $170,019 Allen, Lisa $106,004 Alvarez, Pablo $109,712 Anderson, Andrew $103,695 Antonakos, Nikoletta $113,102 Arcurie, Michael $17,756 Argyros, Katerina $94,602 Asebey, Eliana $124,863 Backus, Lisa $89,157 Bain, Shannon $129,167 Beaumont, Jeff $129,162 Bechtel, Jolie $91,088 Bene, David $182,862 Benito, Carrie $121,635 Berger-White, Jeffery $116,943 Berghoff, Lisa $64,809 Blanche, Julie $96,090 Bleck, Timothy $124,873 Bolek, Barry $218,205 Boncosky, Deborah $120,515 Brame, Daniel $149,003 Brandt, Lillian $150,972 Bricker, Amy $138,434 Brown, Marianthi $100,395 Brownell, Michelle $107,663 Bruss, John $117,648 Brysiewicz, Joseph $86,616 Bryson, Dawn $138,384 Bucolo, Joseph $127,166 Burke, David $100,564 Burnetti, Amy $77,441 Butler, Andrew $116,730 Byrnes, Cheryl $150,932 Caines, Kevin $144,576 Campbell, John $124,244 Carmichael, Mirah $97,578 Casale, Jennifer $118,229 Case, Cathleen $136,072 Casey, Stephanie $113,198 Castellani, Debra $85,586 Chamberlin, Daniel $124,718 Chambers, Stephanie $86,940 Chambers-Leven, Stacy $102,900 Champney, Geoffrey $56,090 Chang-Sawyer, Tsai-Hui $35,562 Chiodo, Hal $119,207 Choy, Lindsey $64,932 Chung, Eugene $132,131 Cocks, Ann $120,605 Conejo, Alexander $76,082 Connolly, John $127,249 Connor, Dixie $111,826 Conway, Timothy $179,660 Cordova, Herman $96,975 Cornelius, Amy $74,614 Cowell, Erin $79,145 Cratty, Cathy $175,883 Crowley, Helen $131,154 Curry, Megan $37,597 Dicker, Deborah $133,119 Dillon, Daniel $117,472 Dorigan, Diane $142,482 Douglas, Sarah $86,497 Eder, Andrew $70,140 Edwards, Theresa $67,351 Eglite, Julie $43,178 Elman, Judith $129,081 Engebretson, Sally $137,196 Erikson, Lou Ann $143,483 Esgar, Blanche $142,309 Esgar, Martin $136,752 Fahrner, Bridget $79,753 Fairman, Monica $119,491 Fay, Aaron $64,402 Felichio, Julie $136,511 Finn, Deborah $114,186 Fiorito, Marisa $73,234 Firer, Jennifer $104,736 Fitzgerald, Liane $130,357 Fleischer, Holly $85,660 Foerch, Doug $160,288 Fornasiero-Johnson, Claudia $130,732 Fornero, George $267,195 Forrester, Brian $69,619 Freedman, Michelle $135,821 Friedrich, Lesa $143,592 Gapinski, Robin $128,440 Garcia-Alonso, Pedro $116,741 Garza, Eduardo $68,364 Gasper, Kip $169,053 Gausselin, Gail $117,128 Geuder, Brandon $89,853 Gibbons, Thomas $93,242 Gilbert, Aliza $123,470 Gilfillan, Elizabeth $70,351 Ginopolis, Jennifer $111,337 Gonzalez, Lydia $139,653 Gordils-Hamm, Glorianne $81,631 Gordon, Stephanie $114,765 Gorleski, John $158,927 Gorman, Susan $102,462 Graafsma, Regina $68,364 Grady, Richard $140,424 Gratz, Andrea $203,565 Greene, Carol $140,302 Griffith, Audris $175,541 Grindel, Ellen $138,011 Grott, David $136,328 Gutwillig, Judith $123,066 Hagopian, Nairy $107,801 Halpern, Stacy $96,809 Hanson, Alicia $97,026 Harris, Paul $139,845 Harrison, Michael $112,432 Harvey, Barbara $125,865 Hebson, Suzan $211,909 Helkowski, Eric $76,806 Hemmila, Elena $71,948 Hermanowicz, Patricia $172,139 Hernandez, Heather $69,830 Hess, Joshua $94,132 Hicks Marx, Erin $127,110 Higgins, Kevin $85,765 Hile, James $150,891 Hill, Christine $63,471 Hill, Howard $107,391 Hindson, Amy $95,625 Hinton, Michael $123,411 Hirsch, David $80,451 Hirsch, Glynis $132,170 Hobson, Stephen $131,280 Hothem, Maria $62,379 Hoyer, Jeffry $124,639 Hubbard, Bradford $93,621 Huff, Peter $135,806 Hurtig, Elliott $156,778 Isaacson, Anne $134,502 Jamroz, Roxanne $65,778 Johnson, Andrea $153,629 Johnson, Susan $130,172 Johnson, William $129,916 Kalnes, Daniel $29,880 Kaplan, Susan $161,533 Kapsimalis, Gregory $114,639 Kauffman, Jeremy $120,256 Kean, Christopher $101,154 Kellogg, Sharon $101,056 Kempton, Lucy $132,021 Kilpatrick, Laurel $116,469 King, Kimberly $73,217 Klaas, Mirielle $77,184 Koenigsknecht, Joseph $189,973 Kolze, Maralyn $123,585 Koulentes, Thomas $139,936 Kramer, Kenneth $114,971 Krull, Gwendolyn $96,181 Kulchawik, Carol $130,471 Ladron De Guevara, Mercedes $62,005 Lakani, Kevin $47,121 Larson, Mark $161,069 Lavin, Jerold $74,890 Lawlor, Neil $89,160 Lee, Soo $90,136 Legis-Portincaso, Marisol $39,999 Leibfried, Scott $107,846 Leighton, Joshua $104,911 Lempa, Cristee $109,426 Levi, Charles $69,396 Levin, Leslie $97,677 Lewicki, Deborah $44,744 Lopez, Claudia $79,151 Loubieres, Olivier $105,609 Lucchese, Jennifer $106,026 Lucke, Kerry $136,092 Luepke, Judi $128,259 Lukens, Brian $86,145 Lusson, Paul $73,756 Lynes-Campbell, Sarah $90,553 Lynn, Joseph $124,195 Madsen, Edith $138,319 Mallon, Eden $75,337 Mansfield, Elizabeth $111,159 Mansfield, Katrina $73,078 Marsh, Kevin $162,512 Martin, Stephanie $67,295 Mc Donald, John $82,522 McCord, Don $137,330 McKendrick, Daniel $84,356 Mendoza, Charo $59,663 Misfeldt, Genevieve $78,338 Mitran, Florin $81,025 Mohyuddin, Faisal $86,035 Monroe, Roberta $142,974 Montague, Mary Crystal $98,031 Montgomery, Gregg $112,277 Moran, Michael $82,472 Morris, Sara $87,711 Morris, Steven $130,177 Morrison, William $131,559 Motzko, John $125,813 Muldrow, Michael $117,677 Myers, Carol $180,061 Nachman, Cathy $24,592 Nahigian, Lauren $67,602 Naples, Maureen $70,668 Navickas, Jennifer $102,806 Navickas, Joseph $98,855 Nelson, Lars $98,312 Nevarez, Nancy $66,285 Nice, Suzanne $106,048 Novotny, Blake $98,271 O'Malley Jr., Michael $88,226 Obinger, Barbara $127,255 Ochsner, Jennifer $66,574 Oliver, Robin $102,788 Otto, Victoria $114,316 Owens, Sheri $152,627 Palmberg, J. Benjamin $75,799 Palmberg, Sarah $84,643 Papastathis, Alesia $111,774 Pappadimas, Gus $86,182 Pappas, Catherine $137,813 Parciak, Gary $81,027 Pashtan, Hanna $76,504 Patterson, Elisabeth $124,724 Pechter, Marc $129,135 Pepsnik, Cathleen $111,713 Perlman, Elizabeth $91,773 Peters, Anthony $97,304 Petersen, Richenda $80,228 Peterson, Lizabeth $106,517 Piggott, Kristen $65,178 Pike, Miriam $166,419 Piorkowski, Kathryn $63,857 Piscitello, Andrew $48,032 Plata, Koren $78,648 Polite, Lindsay $79,842 Pujara, Kunal $123,301 Quagliana, Hilary $59,511 Ratajczyk, Bruce $156,204 Regan, Herb $131,301 Riendeau, Diane $118,048 Rigler, Neil $125,858 Riley, Christopher $126,611 Robertson, Elizabeth $144,545 Rockaitis, Ryan $108,232 Rodriguez, Angel $30,099 Roller-Wynhoff, Katherine $105,313 Rose, Steve $114,734 Rosenthal, Joshua $98,811 Rosenzweig, Michael $150,585 Ruiz, Robert $132,042 Runyan, Jeremy $95,438 Saleniek, Edgar $153,584 Sallee, Sepideh $68,369 Salmon, Janet $111,776 Sanchez, Beth $140,865 Santillan, Kristina $36,990 Sapyta, Tiffany $89,337 Sassen, Patrick $117,663 Saxman, Christine $86,096 Scane, Brian $72,548 Schriner, Christina $89,491 Schroeder, Stacey $86,769 Schuett, Carrie $92,330 Schwartz, Brett $96,143 Settles, Krista $118,615 Shah, Lisa $82,675 Shahidpour, Negar $46,623 Shallenbarger, Scott $137,113 Shirley, David $117,648 Siegel, Holly $113,661 Silber, Katherine $85,110 Sirois, Timothy $136,685 Sloot, Kelly $97,841 Smith, Cheryl $109,186 Smith, Jason $67,464 Solis, Stephanie $120,480 Stafford, William $99,257 Stasiorowski, Jaime $68,354 Stephenitch, Susan $123,479 Stillwell, Loren $96,265 Straka, Katherine $78,457 Studnitzer, Staci $58,338 Sullivan, John $125,996 Summy, Jeff $94,775 Sutherland, Richard $128,791 Svetlik, Steven $97,824 Swanson, Bradley $201,324 Swanson, Paul $128,969 Sweeney, Jean $115,690 Sweeney, Nathan $106,913 Tanimoto, Eri $127,543 Tanner, Shawn $62,276 Tenopir, Kurtis $123,922 Tenus, Katherine $61,335 Thompson, Ana $81,677 Tiveron, Derrick $86,743 Torres, Oscar $59,615 Tuckey, David $131,318 Velleuer, Ronald $136,945 Verisario, Brian $118,448 Vida, Heather $70,205 Villanueva, Jesse $97,646 Vogelsang, Thomas $120,558 Vora, Jigar $87,688 Wahrenbrock, Dana $76,287 Waller, Elizabeth $78,363 Wallrab, Kristen $82,331 Wang, Weifang $83,655 Washburn, Adam $80,813 Wathen, Charles $161,663 Watson, Alexandrea $98,146 Weiland, Jonathan $129,478 Weinstein, Marsha $149,121 Weisman, Lee $142,178 Weiss, Lynn $68,077 Wentz, Eric $137,450 Wichner, Sandra $64,442 Williams, Kenneth $143,077 Williams, Laurie $114,628 Winer, Elaine $142,257 Winiecki, Steven $140,536 Wolf, Michael $107,089 Wolf, Robin $145,288 Wolfe, Warren $124,923 Wong, George $22,347 Wright, Casey $130,461 Zientara, Melissa $107,393 Zima, Robert $134,686

That completes the list of 2011 salaries for teachers at Highland Park High School and Deerfield High School in Illinois High School District 113.