DANVILLE —
Administration, leadership and other non-teaching or specialty positions in Danville District 118 schools accounted for nearly $6 million in salaries last year, not including benefits.
The information comes from a line-by-line report of certified teaching and administration salaries submitted by district officials last month and currently appearing on the District 118 Web site. Under a new law, districts are required to file salary information with the Illinois State Board of Education.
It does not include information for non-certified or support staff such as school secretaries and janitors.
According to a simple analysis of the 2009-10 report, administration officials, including the superintendent and staff, principals and assistant principals, and the directors of food service, building and grounds and information systems, made on average $82,000 for a total of $2.23 million.
The superintendent was the highest paid person in the district with a salary of $134,000, followed by the associate superintendent’s annual pay of $122,500 and the high-school principal’s rate of $115,000.
The district also staffed 10 “coordinator” positions at a cost of $619,000 and spent around $480,000 to fill three dean’s positions, three administration manager spots and two teacher mentors (the latter two position groups were cut by the school board this spring).
Social workers made up the largest “non-teaching” expense, with 11 making an average of $57,623 at a total cost of $633,853.
Nine speech and language specialists lead the “specialty” teaching category, averaging $61,186 in salary and costing the district a total of $489,491.
Five psychologists and an intern cost nearly $300,000 at a per-salary average of more than $57,000, while six “guidance” positions averaged only slightly more.
Five data instruction specialists used to target elementary school reading problems cost a total of $250,000 and were paid for through federal grant money. The district plans to expand the program next year.
The school’s nursing staff, which will see a reduction of two spots next school year, totaled $376,466 in salaries for a staff of six last year.
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