New Trier Superintendent Explains High Salaries
More than half the teachers at New Trier make a six-figure salary. Fifteen administrators do as well.
More than 200 teachers at New Trier High School District make more than $100,000 a year in base salary. The district superintendent explains that as the cost of having good schools. According to data supplied by the Illinois State Board of Education for the 2010-2011 school year, the most recent data available, over half of the nearly 400 teachers at New Trier have annual salaries north of $100,000. That figure does not include monetizing the benefit packages the teachers receive. New Trier Superintendent Dr. Linda Yonke says that good schools are the byproduct of good teachers. “We (recently) asked the community in a survey what was the most important for the schools to do, and the number one response was to recruit and retain high …
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Willie Wilmette
9:28 am on Saturday, October 27, 2012
“Our teachers are not the highest paid in the state or in the area and we do offer a competitive salary and benefit package comparable to those districts around us,” Yonke said. Gee thanks for that. Is almost $200 per classroom hour fair pay? more ›