Maine Twp. School Dist. 207: Millions For Fat Salaries, Not A Penny For Transparency

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Posted below are the names and 2012 salaries of all teachers and administrators for Maine Township High School District 207.

(Editor's Note: When this article was initially published only the 2010 salaries were available. It has been updated to reflect the 2012 personnel and their salaries.

On June 18, 2012, the Maine Twp. District 207 school board, with only 1 dissenting vote, voted to further increase these exorbitant salaries and to add annual cost of living increases.)

Maine District 207 made the news on July 15th for being one of the area school districts that still refuses to record and put on-line the proceedings of its school board.

Maine East and Maine South and Maine West high schools and the District 207 administrative offices are wired to the hilt -- totally in step with the internet age.

But for parents and taxpayers it's the horse and buggy era. If they want to find out what their elected school board members are up to, they'll have to take off an entire night every month, get a babysitter and physically trek down to South Dee Road in Park Ridge to monitor their own school board.

Dist 207 School Bd.

You would think it would be a simple matter for a school district that has on its payroll a computer installer/repairman who is hauling down $121,274 a year as well as a business computer programmer, to whom they are forking over $106,438 a year, to simply put their meetings on-line.

But the fact is, the Maine Township school board and its fat-salaried administrators would probably just as soon not have pesky parents, taxpayers and reporters looking into what they've been up to.

And from the looks of the wildly opulent teachers salaries they've saddled the taxpayers with, I can see why.

They have an astounding 333 teachers and administrators on their payroll hauling down more than $100k a year.

You can see all of the names and salaries below, but here are some of the highlights of the Maine Twp. High schools wild salary spending spree:

--- 16 Gym Teachers hauling down between $104 and $153k a year.

--- Drivers Ed teachers being paid $149k, $145k and $121k

--- More than 20 Guidance Counselors, only 3 of which are hauling down less than $100k a year.

---Sex Ed. teachers being paid $119k, $114k and $97k

--- $137k drama coaches, $140k art teachers and a $110k dance teacher (Did Maine Twp. manage to land Sir Laurence Olivier, Pablo Picasso and Fred Astaire for these high dollar gigs?)

--- 4 librarians pulling down between $130k and $100k

--- 5 six figure social workers and 3 psychologists making between $116k and $165k

--- 9 English as a second language and bi-lingual ed teachers raking in more than six figures (remember this the next time someone tells you that there are no taxpayer costs to immigration)

And keep in mind, most of these salaries are for 9 months of work.

And keep in mind, most of these high dollar employees were from schools of education, which, according to Professor Walter Williams, are populated by the poorest students in the country with the lowest test scores.

And keep in mind, most of their "Masters degrees" were simply meaningless busy-work degrees, from these very colleges of education, which Williams calls, "the slums of American academia."

Here is a complete list of the salaries from Maine Township High School District 207. It was compiled from the database of the Family Taxpayers Foundation, which demanded them from the State Teachers' Retirement records, under the Freedom of Information Act. You can get more info on the individual payrollee (yrs. of employment, speciality etc.) by simply clicking on the name:

Teacher Salary Database Maine Township HSD 207 2012 - Download data NAME SALARY Abraham, Gilit $120,048 Adams, Allyson $76,565 Adams, Steven $149,474 Addante, Christopher $144,505 Adkins, Kenneth $71,246 Aguirre, Miguel $104,594 Albee, Erin $47,393 Alden, Aileen $94,138 Allen, Amy $137,183 Amidei, Juli $137,390 Archer, Samantha $108,580 Arguello, Jose $111,315 Atkinson, Bruce $135,213 Auge Caliendo, Suzanne $54,972 Awad, Aida $143,184 Bader, Carla $99,609 Bahamon, Rosanna $71,008 Baima, Sharon $128,954 Baker, Susan $100,737 Baldwin, Christine $138,121 Baldwin, Patrick $61,318 Balk, Holly $76,723 Ball, Elizabeth $111,567 Barbas, Francisco $129,507 Barbas, Jazmin $121,543 Barnett, Patrick $135,383 Barney, Charles $102,699 Bartholomae, Paul $130,177 Baysingar, David $99,298 Beer, Johannes $117,107 Bellisario, Paul $114,959 Bender, Michael $130,248 Benz, Carol $137,597 Berendt, David $160,664 Bezek, Anne $103,944 Biernbaum, Erin $64,991 Biewenga, Daun $139,000 Bihn, Joseph $128,107 Biondo, Michael $98,539 Biscotakis, Georgia $39,001 Bletzinger, Constance $142,672 Bohn, Linda $76,423 Bonifazi, Theresa $77,463 Borchew, Linda $120,908 Bores, Jenny $102,416 Bourn, Natalie $149,223 Bowbin, Heidi $61,360 Boyle, Michael $85,944 Bratek, Stacey $54,337 Braverman, Jill $122,802 Brewer, Ann $145,065 Brinckerhoff, Katherine $132,093 Briody, Erin $51,009 Broska, Christopher $100,896 Brower, Allen $143,984 Brown, Robert $124,665 Browne, Isaac $145,478 Brownell, Carl $137,083 Bruzan, Dorothy $124,820 Buhay, Lawrence $109,864 Burda, Edward $106,544 Burke, Kristin $36,071 Burns, Jill $89,417 Butera, Tina $112,915 Butterfield, John $129,848 Buttita, Melina $54,607 Buzeta, Marisabel $105,485 Cabrera, Rogelio $81,017 Cammarata, Richard $78,705 Casanova, Tom $111,124 Castronova, Thomas $134,467 Ceisel, Dorothy $102,201 Chen, Jennifer $95,136 Childress, Shelby $84,716 Chlebek, Krystyna $99,853 Cholewa, Kirsta $88,090 Chovanec, Scott $149,978 Cintado, Tomas $110,907 Clark, Monique $120,858 Clark, Ronald $135,796 Clarke-Brownstein, Krista $134,280 Claus, Amy $55,362 Claus, Ryan $116,913 Clifford, David $146,035 Clifford, Susan $142,345 Cohn, Howard $106,809 Conlon, Jennifer $86,815 Conlon, Trisha $113,043 Connell, Harold $153,895 Cook, Timothy $120,425 Corey, Gabriel $158,241 Coval, Eric $104,738 Crawford, James $129,471 Creagh, Cathy $130,425 Crossin, Nanette $137,791 Culbertson, Keith $94,237 Curcuro, James $99,154 Dagres, George $149,333 Daly, Andrew $105,541 Dandridge, deborah $138,116 Davis-Soil, Ruth $137,913 Deering, Susan $134,346 Deger, Christopher $149,255 DeMarigny, Kimberly $58,352 Depcik, Paul $114,145 Depies, James $119,649 Dernick, Ronald $141,289 Di Legge, Dino $157,606 Di Legge, Linda $55,714 Diaz, Nelly $137,292 Dickinson, Julie $56,484 Dietz, Gregory $191,001 Dill-Varga, Barbara $185,067 DiPrizio, Victor $172,821 Disrude, Kirk $86,251 Diviak, Darren $90,025 Divincenzo, Michael $100,219 Djordjevic, Sarah $100,474 Doak, Owen $120,728 Dobner, Mark $130,910 Dohr, Timothy $119,609 Downey, Donald $90,924 Downing, Jeffrey $148,386 Driscoll, Brian $108,756 Duggan, Patricia $147,071 Durkin, Kathleen $115,241 Dutmers, Jason $108,384 Dvorak, James $128,749 Dwyer, Michelle $80,122 Eckhardt, Elizabeth $67,275 Edsey, Angeleki $117,161 Egan, Mark $147,236 Egan, Thomas $111,226 Eisenberg, Magdalene $82,160 Ellberg, Jennifer $121,442 Ellefson, Matthew $102,352 Englebert, Barbara $122,720 Etzwiler, Angie $124,226 Eubank, Edward $154,343 Fabianski, Mary $129,514 Fallico, Craig $126,753 Fallon, Joanne $131,888 Farrell, Antonina $96,657 Fechner, Garrett $96,603 Fee, Brian $93,309 Felton, Christine $88,874 Fermanich, David $84,295 Fierro, Britnee $33,702 Filipowski, Susan $115,663 Fleming, Aaron $118,832 Flint, Tracey $116,052 Flores, Francine $133,358 Foley, Thomas $138,256 Ford, Carolyn $54,337 Fouts, Daniel $129,004 Fraker, Daniel $129,422 Francois, James $141,799 Franzen, Jodi $101,047 Gahagan-Mueller, Susan $142,505 Galanes, Santiago $115,628 Gallagher, Helen $138,154 Gallichio, Jeffrey $135,359 Gardella, Clare $73,124 Garlasco, Rosemarie $166,587 Garrity, Tim $110,766 Garvy, Maria $128,769 Gaubatz, Sarah $35,577 Gaughan, Brendan $134,161 Geiger, Margaret $144,437 Genis, Jennifer $139,503 Gergen, Teresa $88,090 Gerstmayr, Bernie $114,047 Gest, Allison $107,689 Getz, Brian $123,092 Glunz, Cathy $160,468 Godlewski, Michael $157,294 Godwin, Elizabeth $113,119 Goldman, Laura $126,007 Gonzalez, Daniel $107,862 Gonzalez, Marianne $120,988 Granell, Gary $143,579 Grant-Angioletti, Mary $112,832 Gray, Charles $121,460 Grazzini, Jennifer $100,692 Greenwald, William $100,712 Greguras, Joseph $96,602 Greiwe, Kimberly $104,993 Grimm, Erin $55,048 Groeling, Lynn $92,828 Guccione, Michael $140,169 Gustavson, Jenny $104,953 Gutekanst, Carol $126,170 Haan, Geralyn $143,421 Haig, Anthony $119,493 Hall, Karen $142,735 Hamann, Jeffrey $130,171 Hamilton, Susan $97,478 Hamrin, Julie $122,720 Hanes, Matthew $107,145 Hankins, Mark $136,088 Hansen, Kevin $91,729 Hanusiak, Karol $142,983 Hardin, Theresa $111,871 Hare, Christopher $136,275 Hare, Joan $60,730 Harper, Michael $120,702 Harper, Randall $122,802 Harrier, James $126,834 Hassman, Nathan $131,583 Hatch, Colleen $118,487 Hauenstein, John $137,956 Haugan, Audrey $183,384 Hayes, Susan $128,832 Headley, Christine $59,134 Hegadorn, Tami $107,814 Helton, Keri $80,544 Hendrickson, Rachel $57,960 Hernandez, Eliades $93,050 Hernandez, Emiliano $136,518 Hessert, David $124,934 Heyden, Julia $74,672 Hicks, Kira $79,313 Hiselman, Margaret $51,624 Hoerning, Jennifer $96,193 Holt, Pamela $85,564 Hoogenboom, Lisa $102,036 Hoover, Elizabeth $126,487 Horn-Spiegel, Debra $46,903 Howley, David $141,160 Huber, Joann $144,940 Hughes, Angie $111,875 Hult, Bryanne $72,455 Hunter, Jonathan $136,238 Hurley, Kevin $102,191 Hussmann, Kristin $112,915 Inserra, David $146,865 Inserra, Stephanie $65,403 Isoe, Liliana $139,251 Jacob, Lisa $106,481 Johnson, Devin $43,569 Johnson, Kimberly $81,012 Jones, Richard $142,668 Jonikas, Joanne $131,351 Joyce, Christiana $120,049 Kaiser, Thomas $118,759 Kalou, Mary $187,657 Kamai, Karrie $98,905 Kaprak, Kristin $91,512 Karl, Janice $130,200 Karlov Jr., Robert $131,597 Karpiak, Leslie $49,754 karrow, Rebecca $108,125 Kawalek, Cyndee $119,230 Kay, Brian $131,329 Kaye, Katie $95,176 Keith, Teralyn $146,333 Kellam, Tracy $82,483 Kendrick, Kara $138,441 Khasho, Eileen $73,774 Kickham, Diane $125,452 Kime, Marabeth $125,370 Kirshner, Jarett $132,590 Kirshner, Laura $28,849 Kladis, Amy $113,762 Klatt, Peter $114,521 Klein, Anna $130,359 Knight, Teri $113,801 Knodle, Howard $120,988 Kochan, Sarah $69,893 Kohls-Ziering, Christine $146,371 Koshgarian, Laurie $127,550 Kramer, Susan $140,225 Krasinski, Steven $117,213 Krause, Thomas $90,025 Krukowski, Amy $112,895 Kudlov, Amy $49,239 Kulak, Kara $112,007 Kulesza, Jon $131,348 Kumiega, Jamie $112,199 Kura Jr., Donald $117,600 Kuta, Katherine $142,756 Kwielford, Merrilee $144,446 Labbe, Karen $120,702 LaBonar, Leonard $118,053 Ladendorf, Jill $55,962 Lahart, Felicia $46,145 Lambroplos, Elaine $42,091 Langdon, Monika $128,852 Langmyer, Mary $134,484 Lanham, Diane $79,516 Lappe, Rachel $109,275 Lasky, Dale $125,807 Lauro-Geruso, Gioia $106,735 Lavorato, Anthony $130,329 Leathem, Leslie $47,393 Lecastro, Joseph $147,071 Lee, Donald $157,126 Lee, Elizabeth $100,092 Lee, SunAh $124,579 Lee-Chin, Catherine $119,095 Leech, Heidi $134,859 Levin, Rachel $105,326 Lewis, Bernerd $128,769 Liakakos, Alexis $100,796 Lipka, Alicja $129,018 Lirette, Nancy $123,298 Littrell, Jill $134,845 Llavona, Angel $120,461 Lloyd, Melissa $127,477 Lloyd, Scott $141,522 Lombardi, Carrie $96,633 Lombardi, Rick $182,196 Lonergan, James $161,204 LoPresti-Labno, Deborah $61,882 Lundberg, Gregory $123,298 Luther, Beth $75,623 Macak, Kara $89,165 MacLowry, Seth $125,818 Magnuson, Christine $84,124 Majcen, Dawn $128,107 Maksymiu, Stephanie $122,350 Mallon, Sheila $93,806 Mann, Helaine $148,660 Manning, Patrick $141,248 Marino, Jack $129,432 Marino, Patricia $146,669 Markus, Laura $137,981 Markworth, Kelly $117,033 Marshall, Kristen $97,957 Marsicano, Jason $128,383 Mastrolonardo, Michael $125,863 Matan, Alan $142,773 Matkovic, David $158,428 Matter, Joel $99,619 Matzen, Laura $102,496 Maurer, Susan $132,924 May, Benjamin $93,602 Mazanowski, Kristin $93,504 Mc Arthur-Self, Donald $123,944 Mc Cann, Dennis $154,108 McBride, Peter $122,802 McCleneghan, Lauri $119,755 McClure, Matthew $148,302 McCluskey, Stacy $52,723 McElligott, Mark $117,612 McGee, Jessica $28,530 McGowan, James $55,495 McGowan, Laurie $63,066 McGreevy, Michael $78,138 McNeill, Erik $143,415 Meier, Roberta $105,369 Melton, Mitchell $78,098 Mendez, Thomas $135,823 Messmer, Shawn $165,941 Meyer, Michelle $110,294 Michaels, Donna $113,695 Mihalopoulos, Stylianos $98,561 Milano, William $149,279 Miller, Donald $116,997 Miller, Jean $138,337 Miller, Matthew $125,520 Miller, Sheila $112,915 Modica, Cristina $86,035 Moeller, Maureen $121,680 Monroe, Taylor $58,027 Montesano, Anthony $116,028 Moore, Mary $128,769 Morrison, Jayne $142,986 Muir-Wilson, Eve $139,755 Murin, Michael $129,763 Muscia, Brian $98,070 Muszynski, John $158,090 Nagorzanski, Brian $127,429 Nee, Michael $89,290 Nees, Melinda $104,061 Nelson, Jerrold $163,568 Newberg, Deborah $25,815 Nica, Magdalena $74,203 Nichols, Betty $123,659 Nield, Bonnie $97,109 Nilsen, Peter $121,559 Nordahl, John $148,438 O'Halloran, Kendra $103,331 Oakley-Propst, Ann $115,406 Odegard, Eileen $99,783 Olsen, Karen $112,915 Olson, Glenn $108,683 Oppenheim, Rebecca $63,692 Panzilius, Stefan $112,858 Papanastasopoulos, Elizabeth $112,453 Pappageorge, Timothy $145,812 Pardun, Julie $122,842 Parlette, Caroline $114,599 Parlette, Jeffrey $141,202 Parrilli, Matthew $135,464 Pauly, Jacquelyn $108,468 Paustian, Daniel $82,410 Payne, Jay $140,352 Pecak, Kelly $109,955 Pederson, Joseph $138,033 Peters, Christopher $130,245 Pettenuzzo, Raymond $162,918 Pichinos, Sophia $120,702 Piha, Steven $143,168 Poehler, Michael $84,992 Pollacci, Rebecca $144,763 Pomey, Joseph $102,796 Poskozim, Clinton $87,323 Possemato, Jeanie $127,068 Pressler, Michael $173,768 Protess, Marianne $141,458 Quidayan, Christopher $104,514 Ramirez, Cristina $129,855 Ramos, Eric $45,050 Rausch, Terry $119,395 Reber, Brian $132,992 Regalado, Gregory $159,681 Reichelt, Gregory $85,838 Retrum, Roseann $150,672 Rettig, Christian $48,570 Reuhs, Gregory $93,648 Reznik, Kimberly $95,245 Rieger, Barbara $115,656 Riley, Melissa $104,282 Rizzi, Barbara $100,802 Robbins, Kristi $121,791 Robinson, Tessa $98,074 Roddick-Small, Jennifer $70,280 Rodriguez, Emilio $90,087 Rodriguez, Nicole $94,558 Rolla, Mary $132,975 Rosenberg, Richard $122,720 Roubitchek, Adam $96,544 Ruder, Todd $129,266 Rueda-Alvarez, Claudia $135,256 Rutschke, Linda $162,454 Ruttkay, Nicole $52,472 Ryan, Gwynne $53,119 Ryken, Kristi $119,540 Sabatello, Maria $120,459 Sadler, Mecca $110,238 Sagmeister, Sara $57,611 Salamon-Massengill, Snjezana $119,576 Salefski, Douglas $143,371 Sallmann, Melissa $46,903 Salmansohn, Adina $101,333 Samlan, Rachel $119,440 Sanchez, Erin $128,907 Sanchez, Marybeth $119,348 Sarashinsky, Jennifer $100,897 Sarlas, Johanna $52,684 Savage, Susan $104,042 Savard, Suzanne $52,167 Sayre, Christina $60,762 Schanou, Darcie $99,628 Schlesser, Holly $54,460 Schmidt, Amy $75,503 Schmidt, Charles $124,737 Schneider, William $97,158 Scholl, Steven $133,064 Schultes, Scott $108,443 Schultz, David $98,905 Schwan, Donna $108,553 Schwan, John $128,062 Scorza, Jonathan $119,312 Scorza, Sherri $85,685 Scotellaro, Kevin $131,410 Scott, David $167,469 Scott, Frances $158,554 Scott, Warren $128,020 Sebastian, Tracy $116,668 Serena III, Peter $124,820 Serrano, Gregory $129,432 Shankman, Karen $143,257 Shaphren, Charles $137,094 Sharkey, Brett $111,280 Shi, Haihong $81,048 Shook-Orr, Ruth $140,282 Sieg, Michael $148,783 Simon, William $94,440 Sinclair, Jacqueline $124,820 Sinnott, Heather $98,209 Sinnott, Kimberly $87,918 Skiba, Carla $130,799 Smaha, Brendan $101,581 Smail, David $142,115 Smith, Christine $32,371 Smith, Gerald $82,911 Smith, Mark $153,498 Smith, Michael $152,008 Soriano, Pedro $125,708 Spallato, Anthony $130,094 Spanos, Donna $108,756 Spicer, Brian $82,664 Spiegel, Timothy $138,819 Spillman, Diane $109,120 Srutwa, Krystyna $117,557 Statema, Stephanie $73,673 States, Daniel $127,267 Stathakis, Alexander $103,640 Staunton, Angela $69,340 Sterenberg, Pauline $98,383 Stettner, Thomas $136,926 Stewart, Rebecca $112,343 Stock, Kevin $107,973 Struebing, Jennifer $99,916 Sullivan, James $130,510 Sumida, Philip $127,290 Sweetwood, Jill $145,641 Swistak, Derrick $126,920 Tavano, Anthony $104,518 Taylor, Karen $144,876 Thallemer, Mary $117,916 Thetard, Louis $139,721 Thiele, Henry $150,007 Thieme, William $143,477 Thomas, Ronald $113,747 Tieman, Jeffrey $121,762 Tomasiewicz, Paul $127,083 Tomassi, Kathryn $82,835 Torosian, Sona $108,697 Tortorelli, Robert $134,620 Trenkle, Andrew $103,989 Trotter, Andrew $158,581 Tsagalis, James $132,948 Tumilty, Scott $120,670 Tyler, John $154,455 Tyler, Judith $143,046 Vainowski, Beth $134,807 Valdez, Daniella $96,971 Valko, Patricia $141,195 Vasta, Alaina $82,303 Vaughn, Leslie $123,199 Vaznelis, Jone $128,769 Venn, Steve $93,624 Villalobos, Maria $122,298 Visee, Emma $142,676 Voigt, Collin $88,215 Voitik, Patrick $121,860 Wachowski, Jodie $142,803 Wadhwa, Sara $91,493 Wagner, Azra (Kay) $78,783 Wallace, Kenneth $245,827 Walsh, Joel $128,190 Walter, Douglas $102,036 Ward, Sean $119,665 Warner, Robert $123,925 Warren, Tonya $95,284 Wasielewski, Roy $125,587 Weaver, Maggie $96,932 Weber, Lance $113,812 Weber, Maria $76,590 Wegrzyn, Megan $86,386 Wilen, Erin $72,728 Williams, Toni $125,672 Wisdom, Jane $117,049 Witt, Meagan $80,297 Wolcott, Bradley $125,244 Wolf, Margaret $115,308 Wolf, Richard $140,203 Wolfe, Karen $68,078 Wood, Diana $74,663 Wulbert, Penny $127,321 Wunderlich, James $151,172 York, Adam $130,015 Young, Gregory $124,477 Young, Leslie $77,062 Zafiropoulos, Paul $76,660 Zelikoff, Patricia $121,483 Zielinski, Gary $114,102

That concludes the list of 2012 salaries for teachers and administrators in Maine Township High School District 207. The 2013 salaries will be available in early March and we will publish those then.

Maine Township High School District 207 serves families and taxpayers in Des Plaines and Park Ridge, as well as parts of Glenview, Harwood Heights, Morton Grove, Niles, Norridge, Norwood Park Township, and Rosemont.