Published: August 28, 2008 10:33 am      

District 118 board sets salaries

DANVILLE — Danville District 118 board members approved salaries for administrators and flat-salaried employees for the current school year at their meeting Wednesday.

Board member Dan Brown voted against the administrative salaries and administrative salaries.

Board member Bill Dobbles commented on the methods the district uses to pay its flat-salaried employees.

“I think we have good employees and we pay them well,” he said.

Due to the district’s fiscal diligence, the increases in pay were slight, he said.

“I think that some are out of line and don’t seem to fit,” he added. Their salaries are competitive with those in the private sector, but he wished he could reward those employees with merit pay, such as in the way the district awards administrators.

Dobbles said would like to see those who do an exceptional job get paid well.

Superintendent Nanette Mellen said the district is working to come up with a tool that creates a way to make sure that the flat-salaried employees do get compensated for going beyond the call of their duties.

“We’ll see what we can come up with,” she said.

The board approved the following administrator salaries Wednesday:

-- Eliza Brooks, assistant principal at North Ridge Middle School: $73,000.

-- Charlotte L. (Tracy) Cherry, principal of alternative education: $81,103

-- Brenda J. Demos, director of food service: $64,300.

-- Mark A. Denman, associate superintendent: $132,800.

-- Mark Goodwin, principal at North Ridge Middle School: $82,422.

-- Diane Hampel, principal of Liberty Elementary School: $81,000.

-- John Hart, principal at Southwest Elementary School: $74,000

-- Shanae Hinkle, director of business and finance: $93,500.

-- Kathy Houpt, director of secondary education: $90,000

-- Dianna K. Kirk, director of human resources: $103,100.

-- Mark Lindvahl, principal at Edison Elementary School, $79,380.

-- Sharon Phillips, assistant principal at Danville High School: $81,000.

-- Christel Powell, manager of Information systems: $75,000

-- Chris Rice, assistant principal at East Park Elementary School: $72,000.

-- Patti Rull, assistant principal at South View Middle School: $73,800.

-- Demarko Wright, principal at Garfield Elementary School: $74,000.

-- Brenda Yoho, principal at South View Middle School: $84,000.

The following administrator salaries were approved at an earlier board meeting:

-- Rowdy Fatheree and Darin Chambliss, assistant principals at DHS: both $73,500.

-- Mark Neil, principal at DHS: $115,000.

The following non-certified flat-salaried employees’ compensation was approved Wednesday:

-- Teri Atwood, assistant to the director of business: $42,500.

-- Melinda J. Bruns, secretary to the superintendent (part-time position): $23,500.

-- Terri L. Henry, secretary to the director of human resources: $41,900.

-- Sherri L. Hous, physical therapist: $48,500.

-- Nancy C. Ingargiola, secretary too the director of human resources: $39,000.

-- Charlotte K. Keeling, payroll Clerk: $37,000.

-- Barbara J. Nelson, secretary to the associate superintendent: $43,000.

-- Randy J. Pichon, warehouse manager: $54,500.

-- Martha D. See, secretary to the board of education: $57,500.

-- Christel Seyfert, secretary to the director of buildings and grounds. $42,500.

-- Marilyn J. Young, treasurer, $48,000.

Administrators who retire at the end of the school year, including Superintendent Nanette Mellen, Cannon Elementary School Principal Johnnie Carey, Buildings and Grounds director George Schildt, Meade Park Elementary School Principal Alice Payne and East Park Elementary School Principal Valerie Gilbert, will receive the salary they earned last year with a 20 per-cent increase as a retirement incentive.

The salaries the board approved the following salaries last year:

-- Alice Payne, Meade Park Elementary School principal: $86,100.

Her new compensation with the 20 percent increase would be $103,320.

-- Valerie Gilbert, East Park Elementary School principal, $89,879.

Her new compensation with the 20 percent increase would be $107,854.80.

-- Johnnie Carey, Cannon Elementary School principal $85,000.

Her new compensation with the 20 percent increase would be $102,000.

-- George Schildt, building and grounds director: $88,560.

His new compensation with the 20 percent increase would be $106,272.

-- Last year, the board approved Mellen’s salary as $134,832.

With the 20 percent increase, she will receive $161,798.40.