Skokie School District 68: Top Paid Principals, Big Teachers' Salaries

Old Orchard JHS

Printed below in alphabetical order are the salaries for the teachers and administrators at Skokie School District 68.
The recent Sun-Times breakdown on government school teachers' and administrators' pay showed that Skokie's SD 68 was among the top ten systems in the state in doling out cash to principals.

The district, which runs Old Orchard Jr. High, Jane Stetson, Devonshire and Highland elementary schools was shelling out an average of $140,621 a year to them -- $40,000 above the state average.

But it turns out that a lot of the other staff and unionized teachers at these Skokie schools are feeding pretty well at the taxpayer gravy train too.

Among the highlights:

--- 4 Gym teachers making just shy of $100k. Not bad pay for moderating kickball games.

--- A $97k Home economics teacher. Who did they get, Martha Stewart?

--- 5 music teachers, the top ones hauling in $99k and $95k. Are Pavarotti and Riccardo Muti moonlighting on the North side of Skokie?

And the next time one of the lobbyists from the ICIRR illegal immigrant advocacy group tells you that immigration doesn't cost taxpayers, consider that this little suburban SD 68 alone teaches 250 non-English speakers at a cost of $13,137 each or a total of $3.3 million a year.

Here are all the salaries reported to the ISBE for 2010. In most cases they are for 9 months of work. You can get a more detailed spreadsheet with years of service, education background, teaching specialty etc. by going to the Family Taxpayers Foundation website. They are the group that initially filed the Freedom of Information lawsuit to secure this data for the taxpaying public.

Teacher Salary Database

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Skokie SD 68 2010 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

NAME SALARY
Aguirre, Merilee $51,194
Alvear, Nicole $50,661
Ardell, Lila $106,765
Arnold, Karen $25,763
Athanasopoulos, Angela $77,120
Augustine, Andrew $76,410
Barrow, Anastasia $58,193
Beall, Erica $59,907
Bernero, Gail $92,460
Blumenthal, Beryl $96,660
Borges, Iida $63,891
Borree, Rebecca $60,952
Bortnikova, Victoria $46,695
Bottonari, Elizabeth $59,534
Boundy, Edwin $85,252
Boze, Brandi $57,727
Brooks, Amanda $73,682
Brownewell, Rebecca $68,182
Burrell, Alexandra $54,787
Byrne, Megan $45,125
Carlino, Anthony $91,746
Carpenter, Andrew $70,254
Clark, Julie $95,525
Connelly, Katie $81,483
Dahlgren, Clifton $90,503
Dandino, Natalie $99,861
DeNeve, Nancie $69,646
Deppen, Tamara $74,805
Dimoulis, Christine $94,293
Doane, Heather $53,496
Doherty, Laura $97,289
Donnelly, Constance $95,003
Douglas, Owen $55,573
Eckert, Catalin $52,490
Evans, Joan $32,508
Faith, Megan $54,901
Finton, Louise $99,592
Flanagan, Molly Rose $55,261
Foley, Jacqueline $53,101
Frampton, Kathryn $55,938
Frangedakis, Elaine $57,828
Frick, Kristin $88,714
Fruchtman, Allison $57,043
Fuller, Joanne $91,915
Gaffney, Ellen $99,739
Gaffney, Mark $79,602
Gassensmith, Katherine $50,362
Ghetzler, Andrea $87,245
Gordon, Leslie $134,790
Graul, Mary $52,878
Greenberg, Barbara $105,564
Greene, Jennifer $98,226
Griffiths, Shannon $32,671
Guerard, Carrie $78,144
Guerrero, Nicole $56,775
Gustafson, Susan $61,570
Hafner, Eileen $95,462
Halverson, Colette $56,352
Hamilton, James $57,805
Hanson, Katie $33,258
Haring, Erin $47,009
Hawley, Robyn $79,968
Heath, Christina $55,435
Hills, Cathryn $111,459
Hinsey, Mary $97,081
Hopker, Ryan $59,969
House, Theresa $50,619
Hrvojevic, Anica $75,740
Hughes, Margot $76,014
Hunsicker, Linda $82,307
Illa, Luis $115,612
Jenkins, Marc $97,880
Kearns, Meghan $51,722
Kim, Sena $48,835
Knopf, Jessica $66,199
Kochy, Jessica $29,841
Laniewski, Sylwia $46,756
Larsen, Sarah $50,055
Layman, Molly $55,410
Lee, Christina $51,713
Levin, Ryan $59,633
Liebman, Julie $76,904
Linforth, Lori $55,578
Llerandi, Kathryn $59,404
Lynch, Rebecca $61,744
Madans, Denise $64,236
Matalas, Peter $72,439
McBride, Jac $119,840
McKinney, Susan $71,676
McTague, Frances $279,670
Millard, Beth $217,838
Miller, Ellan $76,476
Miller, Lori $81,648
Miller, Marlene $109,154
Mocogni, Ellen $103,172
Montgomery, Lisa $58,466
Moons, Lisa $57,919
Moreno, Norma $65,273
Morris, Daniel $51,916
Myers, Brya $55,029
Naro, Angela $56,513
Needlman, Randy $138,790
Newcorn, Sarah $50,604
Nielsen, Elizabeth $69,078
Nimz, Lisa $103,601
Novy-Bennewitz, Cara $65,798
O'Neil, Susan $148,283
Obeler, Rebecca $48,916
Olson, Molly $92,002
Owens, Carlen $76,659
Patton, Clair $8,428
Peterson, Heather $68,298
Phillippose, Renee $46,478
Phillips, Barbara $151,085
Pigozzi, Grace $38,868
Pomponi, Anthony $93,535
Ross, Melanie $76,908
Rothman, Melissa $61,236
Rowen, Renee $65,355
Rubin, Lynn $91,290
Ruse, Sarah $27,142
Russo, Melinda $61,673
Rutherford, Anne $77,991
Ryder, Sara $55,339
Saipe, Tarryl $60,297
Salpietro, Jennifer $88,315
Sarnoff, Lisa $93,622
Saykawlard, Deann $45,525
Schmidt, Diana $35,061
Shamoon, Nina $68,402
Sharma, Anu $61,782
Siedband, Julie $40,183
Siegel, Mollyann $27,390
Silcroft, Jolan $106,961
Sloan, Geraldine $105,599
Souder, Erika $67,444
Spiegel, Steven $91,056
Stevens, Cynthia $59,054
Stolar-Kanefield, Maureen $109,009
Tapscott, Kara $49,568
Tarantello, Nicholas $53,526
Thompson, Claudy $50,212
Tomenillie, Matthew $71,152
Tsevis, Phyllis $55,444
Tullsen, Barbara $96,423
Turner-Ojeda, Tracy $63,236
Uhle, Gina $62,352
Uyeda, Amy $93,293
Vale, Patricia $49,990
Vinkler, Alison $51,783
Visconti, Kelli $95,259
Ward, Rosanne $117,821
Weinstein, Megan $61,479
Weissenberg, Kim $70,267
Westman, Lisa $27,387
Wiviott, David $99,135
Woleben, Stacey $51,441
Yacoub, Nineveh $68,004
Zambonino, Maria $50,557