A few years ago, I sent a Sunshine Law request to the Joplin R-8 School District asking for a list of employees, their titles and their salaries and benefits.
It was a fascinating read, to say the least, and I was surprised by the overwhelming response I received from Turner Report readers.
Unfortunately, the most recent salaries were posted last year and were for the 2023-24 school year, but here are a few that interested me and might interest you:
Area Superintendent Salaries for 2023-24 (Pay Packages)
Joplin- Kerry Sachetta- $215,455
Webb City- Tony Rossetti $235,750
Carl Junction- Phil Cook $180,632
Carthage- Luke Boyer $181,600
Neosho- Jim Cummins- $198,000
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Two Webb City R-7 officials received must have hefty pay increases this year. Brenten Byrd, who replaced Rossetti as superintendent, was making $148,000 as an assistant superintendent, while Allison Pope, who replaced Byrd as assistant superintendent was making $120,000 as superintendent of the small Hurley district.
Though the latest listings are for 2023-24, there's no doubt that former Neosho R-5 Assistant Superintendent Richie Fretwell is making more money than he made last year and doing considerably less.
Fretwell's pay increased from $144,695 last year to $150,483 this year, but he won't have to do any work for the pay since the R-5 Board of Education reached an agreement with Fretwell to put him on a a paid leave of absence through June 30.
Nice work if you can get it.
Do you think it's time for me to send out a few Sunshine Law requests?
The Turner Report: Richie Fretwell still officially employed by Neosho R-5, being paid to do nothing
6 comments:
I’m sure you already know this but the salary listed in the Dispatch does not include the extra stipends they get in addition to their salary. So these numbers are probably low figures when you add those extras in that don’t get listed. It’s a bit insane.
Get a life, Randy and quit with the garbage click-bait. Check out the Nixa superintendent’s pay and other district’s in SWMO.
Do we really think that the Superintendents / Administrators of Schools are Really Worth - Paying Over 4 to 5 -Times the Average Teacher's Salary in Missouri?
As of January 2025, the average salary for a teacher in Missouri is $43,701 per year, or about $21.01 per hour. However, salaries can range from $19,698 to $65,191.
Again, Missouri is Ranked 34th in Education in the United States.
The United States is Ranked 13th in Education in the World.
Do we have to many Levels of Administrators in the School Systems or is it the Teachers Union - the NEA (National Education Association) with over 3,000,000 + Members who pay their Annual Dues to - and then the NEA - Lobby's and Promotes and Tries to Elect Democrats and then pushes their Political Policies and Practices - So should we BLAME THE DEMOCRATS - Because our Educational System is Failing to Provide Students with an Education that can Support them in the Future - -
What political party does NEA support?
Like other American labor unions, the NEA has favored the Democratic Party, giving its endorsement and support to every Democratic nominee for President since Jimmy Carter. It has never endorsed any Republican or third party candidate for the presidency.
Yikes, I bet none of those people are happy to see their salaries posted online. There's room for resentment.
Kerry Sachetta is so cute when he sits in his big boy chair and his feet dangle just above the floor.
As 8:09PM stated are their salaries realistic for what school officials do and what they accomplish? If yes, then why is Missouri and the United States so far behind the rest of the country and the world? Since Schools are funded by tax dollars, like the government, are they so misaligned and misconnected to reality that they have no fear whether they do a good job or not?
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