(The following information is for the 2013-2014 school year and comes from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch database of information from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. A couple of the superintendents, Patricia Wilson at Diamond and Steve Wilmoth at Seneca, are no longer in those positions, and who knows, others may not be either before long.)
Carl Junction- Phillip Cook $137,000
Carthage- Blaine Henningsen $159,415
Diamond- Patricia Wilson $92,415
East Newton- Linden McCrackin $103,999
Golden City- Kevin Baldwin $89,531
Jasper- Rick Stark $83,000
Joplin- C. J. Huff $177,275
Lamar- Zachary Harris $110,000
Liberal- William Harvey $83,623
McDonald County- Mark Stanton $129,607
Neosho- Danny Decker $150,000
Sarcoxie- Kevin Goddard $81,146
Seneca- Steve Wilmoth $114,880
Webb City- Anthony Rossetti $147,500
Good grief, no one deserves $177k a year.
ReplyDeleteAnd these are three year contracts updated each year
ReplyDeleteRandy, how many of these districts have assistant superintendents? How many have directors like Joplin instead of assistant superintendents? What are their salaries? Please show how Joplin compares to our neighbors. Also, compare the average principal, teacher salaries and enrollment.
ReplyDeleteUp here in SGF the superintendent of school, Norm Ridder made right at 161K. Then again SGF is one of the larger districts in the state.
ReplyDeleteKathy Grisham
What was Dr. Huff's first year salary? He has probably had much larger average yearly increases than the rest of the Joplin staff.
ReplyDeleteOur teachers are one of the lowest paid in the area but Huff seems to be the highest paid in the area...must be nice, no wonder we are loosing good teachers. Someone has the wrong priorities!
ReplyDeleteWould like to see a per student comparison
ReplyDeletePretty sad when you pay large salaries to many who just mislead and lie to the school board and community.
ReplyDeleteIt is weird that Springfield is a much larger school district but that the superintendent there makes less.
ReplyDeleteI would be curious to know what the superintendents make at other districts of comparable size?
I also think the commenter makes a good point that the teachers are among the lowest-paid in the area but the superintendent is among the highest.