Braille Instructions for Diaper Changing

Most of us by now have seen the profusion of diaper changing stations springing up in the rest rooms of Chicago's fast food joints and other public accomodations.

They're now in all the area McDonald's and Jewel-Osco's.

Thankfully, not having need for their employment, I have seldom paid them much mind. But on one recent visit to such an accomodation, as will happen there, I found myself with time to ponder the device which was hanging on the wall across from the place of my seated repose.

There I discovered that the Koala Kare Products Corporation, of Englewood, Colorado, thoughtfully provided instructions for the use of its diaper changing table in English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Japanese and Braille.

Now I can understand the need for multi-lingual diaper changing instructions, given the hordes of Germans, Italians and Japanese who are illegally flooding over our borders and snapping up all the child care-diaper changing jobs that Americans just won't do.

But braille?

Do you really want a blind person caring for your kiddie? Do you really want a blind person taking your baby out to a McDonalds, stumbling up to the counter to buy him a Happy Meal and then fumbling his or her way over to the rest room to read the braille instructions before changing his diaper?

I have noticed that Obama has been on the airwaves with a public service announcement touting the wonders of the Americans with Disabilities Act on its 20th anniversary.

These braille diaper changing instructions, are, no doubt, required by the ADA and a testimony to its wonderful works.

But if you feel you really must hire a disabled person to change your baby's diapers, rather than hire a blind person, perhaps it would be best to hire one with anosmia. That dreaded disability is defined as a lack of functioning olfaction, or in other words, an inability to perceive odors.

That would make for a happier child care employee and keep the ADA enforcers of the Obama regime happy too.

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

Maine East High School

Posted below are the names and 2011 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 2011 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:

Teacher Salary Database

Maine Township HSD 207 2011 - Download data NAME SALARY Abraham, Gilit $93,008 Adams, Allyson $65,033 Adams, Steven $148,312 Addante, Christopher $139,314 Adkins, Kenneth $65,311 Aguirre, Miguel $98,187 Albee, Erin $50,137 Alden, Aileen $88,461 Allen, Amy $125,241 Amidei, Juli $133,671 Archer, Samantha $107,579 Arguello, Jose $102,622 Atkinson, Bruce $130,740 Auge Caliendo, Suzanne $50,902 Avci, Benan $63,805 Awad, Aida $140,195 Bader, Carla $91,285 Bahamon, Rosanna $65,132 Baima, Sharon $127,816 Baker, Susan $95,195 Balk, Holly $82,954 Ball, Elizabeth $103,524 Baran, Amanda $72,154 Barbas, Francisco $122,651 Barbas, Jazmin $114,350 Barnett, Patrick $131,397 Barney, Charles $96,334 Bartholomae, Paul $125,843 Baysingar, David $91,960 Beer, Johannes $108,873 Bellisario, Paul $107,638 Bender, Michael $125,873 Benz, Carol $135,157 Berendt, David $158,470 Bezek, Anne $95,812 Bianchi, Alaina $75,924 Biernbaum, Erin $59,330 Biewenga, Daun $136,879 Bihn, Joseph $117,370 Biondo, Michael $93,182 Biscotakis, Georgia $36,152 Bletzinger, Constance $134,609 Bogue, Christine $124,369 Bohn, Linda $63,305 Bondi, Jo Ann $146,644 Bonifazi, Theresa $56,495 Borchew, Linda $118,403 Bores, Jenny $93,571 Bourn, Natalie $142,363 Bowbin, Heidi $59,284 Boyle, Michael $76,932 Bratek, Stacey $50,902 Braverman, Jill $118,652 Brewer, Ann $142,330 Brinckerhoff, Katherine $126,071 Briody, Erin $47,403 Broska, Christopher $98,591 Brower, Allen $135,845 Brown, Robert $113,851 Browne, Isaac $144,626 Brownell, Carl $135,567 Bruzan, Dorothy $117,435 Buhay, Lawrence $102,984 Burda, Edward $107,722 Burns, Jill $82,415 Butera, Tina $109,100 Butterfield, John $129,037 Buzeta, Marisabel $98,739 Cabrera, Rogelio $75,944 Cammarata, Richard $76,379 Casanova, Tom $104,559 Castronova, Thomas $144,415 Ceisel, Dorothy $93,857 Chen, Jennifer $81,388 Childress, Shelby $79,130 Chlebek, Krystyna $102,909 Cholewa, Kirsta $81,850 Chovanec, Scott $148,091 Cintado, Tomas $97,321 Ciss, Kathleen $105,548 Clark, Monique $111,343 Clark, Ronald $144,381 Clarke-Brownstein, Krista $129,506 Claus, Amy $51,879 Claus, Ryan $124,621 Clifford, David $144,397 Clifford, Susan $130,440 Cohn, Howard $100,029 Conlon, Jennifer $81,639 Conlon, Trisha $105,845 Connell, Harold $154,395 Cook, Timothy $112,917 Corey, Gabriel $153,149 Coval, Eric $99,413 Crawford, James $122,248 Creagh, Cathy $125,410 Crossin, Nanette $130,003 Culbertson, Keith $88,179 Curcuro, James $95,270 Dagres, George $143,606 Daly, Andrew $95,907 Dandridge, deborah $136,021 Davis-Soil, Ruth $130,119 Deering, Susan $124,452 Deger, Christopher $139,535 DeMarigny, Kimberly $100,223 Depcik, Paul $103,429 Depies, James $112,257 Dernick, Ronald $140,654 Di Legge, Dino $156,217 Di Legge, Linda $53,479 Diaz, Nelly $136,295 Dickinson, Julie $94,853 Dietz, Gregory $188,474 Dill-Varga, Barbara $182,130 DiPrizio, Victor $170,094 Disrude, Kirk $89,028 Diviak, Darren $83,789 Divincenzo, Michael $95,092 Djordjevic, Sarah $93,526 Doak, Owen $118,390 Dobner, Mark $123,318 Dohr, Timothy $102,984 Downey, Donald $83,011 Downing, Jeffrey $140,114 Driscoll, Brian $102,696 Duggan, Patricia $145,293 Durkin, Kathleen $108,221 Dutmers, Jason $101,049 Dvorak, James $127,439 Dwyer, Michelle $79,157 Eckhardt, Elizabeth $85,194 Edsey, Angeleki $109,141 Egan, Mark $145,746 Egan, Thomas $107,464 Eisenberg, Magdalene $78,841 Ellberg, Jennifer $114,898 Ellefson, Matthew $95,600 Englebert, Barbara $118,569 Etzwiler, Angie $115,535 Eubank, Edward $152,013 Fabianski, Mary $125,718 Fallico, Craig $123,242 Fallon, Joanne $127,204 Farrell, Antonina $89,325 Fechner, Garrett $92,432 Fee, Brian $90,653 Felton, Christine $90,646 Fermanich, David $80,067 Fierro, Britnee $62,240 Filipowski, Susan $108,863 Fleming, Aaron $110,120 Flint, Tracey $109,699 Flores, Francine $125,820 Foley, Thomas $132,491 Ford, Carolyn $37,695 Fouts, Daniel $118,229 Fraker, Daniel $124,518 Francois, James $133,784 Franzen, Jodi $93,432 Gahagan-Mueller, Susan $138,495 Galanes, Santiago $108,429 Gallagher, Helen $135,985 Gallichio, Jeffrey $132,762 Gardella, Clare $77,385 Garlasco, Rosemarie $158,458 Garrity, Tim $103,420 Garvy, Maria $124,436 Gaubatz, Sarah $79,462 Geiger, Margaret $136,274 Genis, Jennifer $134,536 Gergen, Teresa $81,933 Gerstmayr, Bernie $106,885 Gest, Allison $99,203 Getz, Brian $116,267 Giannopoulos, Elaine $51,966 Glunz, Cathy $156,482 Godlewski, Michael $155,588 Godwin, Elizabeth $109,017 Goldman, Laura $124,141 Gonzalez, Daniel $100,514 Gonzalez, Marianne $116,619 Granell, Gary $137,180 Grant-Angioletti, Mary $113,844 Gray, Charles $114,941 Grazzini, Jennifer $93,708 Greenwald, William $114,194 Greguras, Joseph $93,134 Greiwe, Kimberly $98,283 Grichnik, Dana $105,804 Grimm, Erin $50,696 Groeling, Lynn $86,679 Guccione, Michael $132,984 Gustavson, Jenny $93,494 Gutekanst, Carol $122,863 Haan, Geralyn $135,315 Haig, Anthony $110,668 Hall, Karen $141,418 Hamann, Jeffrey $122,375 Hamilton, Susan $91,327 Hamrin, Julie $118,900 Hanes, Matthew $96,397 Hankins, Mark $129,613 Hansen, Kevin $84,823 Hanusiak, Karol $94,966 Hardin, Theresa $102,611 Hare, Christopher $129,326 Hare, Joan $57,134 Harper, Michael $116,619 Harper, Randall $120,424 Harrier, James $123,261 Hassman, Nathan $124,353 Hatch, Colleen $111,346 Hauenstein, John $132,295 Haugan, Audrey $181,682 Hayes, Susan $129,427 Headley, Christine $103,528 Hegadorn, Tami $98,407 Helton, Keri $77,818 Hendrickson, Rachel $52,303 Hernandez, Eliades $88,195 Hernandez, Emiliano $127,518 Hessert, David $118,007 Heyden, Julia $107,464 Hicks, Kira $70,919 Hiselman, Margaret $48,265 Hoerning, Jennifer $90,180 Holt, Pamela $79,444 Hoogenboom, Lisa $93,976 Hoover, Elizabeth $119,143 Horn-Spiegel, Debra $89,126 Howley, David $136,187 Huber, Joann $140,935 Hughes, Angie $103,197 Hult, Bryanne $72,605 Hunter, Jonathan $128,538 Hurley, Kevin $95,013 Hussmann, Kristin $106,231 Inserra, David $143,710 Inserra, Stephanie $84,487 Isoe, Liliana $132,741 Jacob, Lisa $99,722 Johnson, Devin $40,925 Johnson, Kimberly $74,558 Jones, Richard $140,768 Jonikas, Joanne $120,827 Joyce, Christiana $109,891 Kaiser, Thomas $105,752 Kalou, Mary $179,809 Kamai, Karrie $91,500 Karl, Janice $121,017 Karlov Jr., Robert $117,060 Karpiak, Leslie $46,312 karrow, Rebecca $102,685 Kawalek, Cyndee $112,567 Kay, Brian $126,890 Kaye, Katie $85,834 Keith, Teralyn $138,672 Kellam, Tracy $79,365 Kelly, Maryanne $158,363 Kendrick, Kara $133,758 Kett, Bryan $57,013 Khasho, Eileen $69,449 Kickham, Diane $118,652 Kime, Marabeth $120,516 Kirley, Jannon $137,938 Kirshner, Jarett $124,480 Kirshner, Laura $37,985 Kladis, Amy $96,432 Klatt, Peter $107,661 Klein, Anna $123,856 Knight, Teri $109,100 Knodle, Howard $116,619 Kochan, Sarah $64,815 Kohls-Ziering, Christine $141,507 Koshgarian, Laurie $120,234 Kramer, Susan $137,585 Krasinski, Steven $110,403 Krause, Thomas $81,850 Krukowski, Amy $109,017 Kudlov, Amy $46,011 Kulak, Kara $105,081 Kulesza, Jon $122,441 Kumiega, Jamie $104,999 Kura Jr., Donald $114,934 Kuta, Katherine $134,688 Kwielford, Merrilee $137,283 Labbe, Karen $116,619 LaBonar, Leonard $116,263 Ladendorf, Andrew $81,134 Ladendorf, Jill $51,598 Lahart, Felicia $42,863 Langdon, Monika $123,773 Langmyer, Mary $121,425 Lanham, Diane $108,010 Lappe, Rachel $101,476 Lasky, Dale $116,824 Lauro-Geruso, Gioia $104,638 Lavorato, Anthony $122,799 Leathem, Leslie $44,168 Lecastro, Joseph $138,759 Lee, Donald $155,713 Lee, Elizabeth $93,603 Lee, SunAh $117,270 Lee-Chin, Catherine $111,346 Leech, Heidi $130,319 Levin, Rachel $96,734 Lewis, Bernerd $124,518 Liakakos, Alexis $98,225 Lipka, Alicja $125,018 Lirette, Nancy $119,312 Littrell, Jill $126,038 Llavona, Angel $115,431 Lloyd, Melissa $118,134 Lloyd, Scott $140,378 Lombardi, Carrie $90,180 Lombardi, Rick $171,898 Lonergan, James $152,094 LoPresti-Labno, Deborah $55,284 Lundberg, Gregory $115,287 Luther, Beth $70,863 MacLowry, Seth $122,472 Magnuson, Christine $78,743 Magnusson, Catherine $50,234 Majcen, Dawn $118,569 Maksymiu, Stephanie $78,323 Mallon, Sheila $84,799 Mann, Helaine $140,258 Manning, Patrick $138,525 Marino, Jack $124,518 Marino, Patricia $144,513 Markus, Laura $128,690 Markworth, Kelly $111,062 Marshall, Kristen $89,753 Marsicano, Jason $120,136 Mastrolonardo, Michael $121,611 Matan, Alan $139,387 Matkovic, David $154,150 Matter, Joel $93,734 Matzen, Laura $93,792 Maurer, Susan $128,450 May, Benjamin $82,995 Mazanowski, Kristin $86,914 Mc Arthur-Self, Donald $113,025 Mc Cann, Dennis $145,398 McBride, Peter $118,569 McCleneghan, Lauri $112,492 McClure, Matthew $142,583 McCluskey, Stacy $49,388 McElligott, Mark $111,262 McGowan, James $76,848 McGowan, Laurie $25,814 McGreevy, Michael $71,831 McNeill, Erik $134,922 Meier, Roberta $49,332 Melton, Mitchell $66,323 Mendez, Thomas $121,975 Messmer, Shawn $161,476 Meyer, Michelle $102,238 Michaels, Donna $108,696 Mihalopoulos, Stylianos $92,105 Milano, William $141,556 Miller, Donald $106,231 Miller, Jean $132,032 Miller, Matthew $117,413 Miller, Sheila $107,464 Modica, Cristina $88,932 Moeller, Maureen $119,735 Monier, Kara $70,446 Monroe, Taylor $60,955 Montesano, Anthony $109,181 Moore, Mary $63,559 Moran, Timothy $41,953 Morrison, Jayne $134,905 Muir-Wilson, Eve $132,881 Murin, Michael $135,532 Muscia, Brian $89,472 Muszynski, John $152,325 Nagorzanski, Brian $122,452 Nee, Michael $81,983 Nees, Melinda $92,986 Nelson, Jerrold $155,351 Nica, Magdalena $35,846 Nichols, Betty $118,735 Nilsen, Peter $114,695 Nordahl, John $139,479 O'Halloran, Kendra $96,613 O'Malley, Victoria $109,098 Oakley-Propst, Ann $110,451 Odegard, Eileen $90,058 Olsen, Karen $109,170 Olson, Glenn $101,868 Oppenheim, Rebecca $85,384 Osmus, Erin $68,399 Palm, Megan $41,654 Panzilius, Stefan $51,037 Papanastasopoulos, Elizabeth $105,939 Pappageorge, Timothy $138,148 Pardun, Julie $114,812 Parlette, Caroline $107,681 Parlette, Jeffrey $139,487 Parrilli, Matthew $131,794 Pauly, Jacquelyn $98,209 Paustian, Daniel $72,945 Payne, Jay $137,055 Paz, Rebecca $74,209 Pecak, Kelly $103,881 Pederson, Joseph $131,427 Peters, Christopher $129,746 Pettenuzzo, Raymond $157,792 Pichinos, Sophia $116,619 Piha, Steven $134,930 Poehler, Michael $81,012 Pollacci, Rebecca $136,581 Pomey, Joseph $96,251 Poskozim, Clinton $80,429 Possemato, Jeanie $125,121 Pressler, Michael $168,178 Protess, Marianne $133,463 Quidayan, Christopher $96,983 Ramirez, Cristina $121,980 Rausch, Terry $112,458 Reber, Brian $124,877 Regalado, Gregory $146,915 Reichelt, Gregory $79,535 Reitz, Wendy $55,907 Retrum, Roseann $142,156 Rettig, Christian $52,941 Reuhs, Gregory $87,393 Reznik, Kimberly $92,140 Rieger, Barbara $115,664 Riley, Melissa $99,473 Rizzi, Barbara $92,387 Robbins, Kristi $114,350 Robinson, Tessa $91,050 Roddick-Small, Jennifer $115,477 Rodriguez, Emilio $84,998 Rodriguez, Nicole $83,925 Rolla, Mary $132,200 Rosenberg, Richard $118,569 Roubitchek, Adam $90,629 Ruder, Todd $122,085 Rueda-Alvarez, Claudia $129,216 Ruggeri, Virginia $75,345 Russell, Bonnie $86,569 Rutschke, Linda $159,525 Ruttkay, Nicole $43,284 Ryan, Gwynne $48,265 Ryken, Kristi $113,503 Sabatello, Maria $116,702 Sadler, Mecca $102,879 Sagmeister, Sara $54,069 Salamon-Massengill, Snjezana $111,571 Salefski, Douglas $135,268 Sallmann, Melissa $43,742 Salmansohn, Adina $91,530 Samlan, Rachel $111,210 Sanchez, Erin $61,886 Sanchez, Marybeth $113,358 Sarashinsky, Jennifer $92,685 Savage, Susan $95,127 Savard, Suzanne $48,851 Sayre, Christina $57,134 Schanou, Darcie $92,500 Schlesser, Holly $50,885 Schmidt, Amy $72,949 Schmidt, Charles $120,449 Schneider, William $90,730 Scholl, Steven $122,865 Schultes, Scott $99,504 Schultz, David $93,079 Schwan, Donna $101,394 Schwan, John $116,345 Scorza, Jonathan $110,840 Scorza, Sherri $41,514 Scott, David $158,368 Scott, Frances $147,746 Scott, Warren $118,806 Sebastian, Tracy $106,630 Serena III, Peter $113,634 Serrano, Gregory $125,098 Shanahan, William $89,569 Shankman, Karen $135,161 Shaphren, Charles $129,407 Sharkey, Brett $106,405 Shi, Haihong $62,202 Shook-Orr, Ruth $135,998 Sieg, Michael $143,211 Sievert, Caeli $84,379 Simon, William $87,064 Sinclair, Jacqueline $117,353 Sinnott, Heather $91,430 Sinnott, Kimberly $82,793 Skiba, Carla $126,796 Smaha, Brendan $94,060 Smail, David $139,795 Smith, Christine $42,555 Smith, Gerald $86,986 Smith, Mark $148,475 Smith, Michael $149,865 Smith, Victoria $141,300 Soriano, Pedro $123,245 Spallato, Anthony $137,874 Spanos, Donna $101,888 Spicer, Brian $77,026 Spiegel, Timothy $129,208 Spiggos, James $78,930 Spillman, Diane $103,994 Srutwa, Krystyna $113,120 Statema, Stephanie $67,271 States, Daniel $123,584 Stathakis, Alexander $97,819 Staunton, Angela $89,056 Sterenberg, Pauline $81,881 Stettner, Thomas $126,238 Stewart, Rebecca $109,017 Stewart, Tracy $57,881 Stock, Kevin $101,619 Struebing, Jennifer $94,686 Sullivan, James $123,134 Sumida, Philip $121,514 Sweetwood, Jill $144,438 Swistak, Derrick $122,619 Tavano, Anthony $96,850 Taylor, Janet $55,940 Taylor, Karen $142,658 Thallemer, Mary $107,304 Thetard, Louis $138,847 Thiele, Henry $147,417 Thieme, William $138,731 Thomas, Ronald $109,100 Tieman, Jeffrey $114,351 Tomasiewicz, Paul $117,726 Tomassi, Kathryn $80,024 Torosian, Sona $101,880 Tortorelli, Robert $130,254 Trenkle, Andrew $92,765 Trotter, Andrew $149,641 Tsagalis, James $128,046 Tumilty, Scott $114,045 Tyler, John $145,726 Tyler, Judith $137,019 Vainowski, Beth $130,206 Valko, Patricia $133,215 Vaughn, Leslie $117,767 Vaznelis, Jone $124,518 Venn, Steve $83,686 Villalobos, Maria $112,448 Visee, Emma $150,381 Voigt, Collin $75,154 Voitik, Patrick $116,619 Wachowski, Jodie $141,713 Wadhwa, Sara $105,248 Wagner, Azra (Kay) $70,072 Wallace, Kenneth $242,825 Walsh, Joel $118,652 Walter, Douglas $95,531 Ward, Sean $110,756 Warner, Robert $116,920 Warren, Tonya $92,023 Wasielewski, Roy $116,335 Weber, Lance $105,373 Weber, Maggie $86,600 Weber, Maria $73,032 Wegrzyn, Megan $76,383 Williams, Toni $114,724 Wisdom, Jane $107,066 Witt, Meagan $73,257 Wolcott, Bradley $118,383 Wolf, Margaret $108,221 Wolf, Richard $127,694 Wolfe, Karen $63,718 Wood, Diana $68,912 Wulbert, Penny $128,599 Wunderlich, James $142,628 York, Adam $123,075 Young, Gregory $120,686 Young, Leslie $69,258 Zafiropoulos, Paul $69,418 Zelikoff, Patricia $110,521 Zielinski, Gary $110,204

That concludes the list of 2011 salaries for teachers and administrators in Maine Township High School District 207. The 2012 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.