Salaries and wages of Granite City School District employees added to Pay Database
The salaries and wages of Granite City School District employees for 2020 have been added to the Belleville News-Democrat’s Public Pay Database.
To view the BND’s Public Pay Database, go to https://www.bnd.com/publicpay
The highest earner in 2020, the latest figures available, was now retired Superintendent James Greenwald, who was paid $178,490, according to records provided to the BND from the school district.
Greenwald officially retired in June 2020 and was replaced by Superintendent Stephanie Cann.
Director of Human Resources James Parker was the second-highest earner at $149,931, the records show.
The district’s director of finance, Zack Suhre, was third with a salary of $147,570.
The fourth-highest paid person at the school district in 2020 was Executive Director of K-12 Professional Development and Curriculum Kristen Novacic-Koberna, who was paid $133,513. The fifth-highest paid employee was Granite City High School Principal Daren Depew who was paid $128,961.
The BND’s Public Pay Database goes back to 2011 with information obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests. The salary information does not always include insurance or benefits. Some records include detailed information on overtime and other pay, while for some districts that information was not readily available.
The database includes worker compensation in most local governments, including cities, counties, townships, school districts and local colleges and universities. More pay records will be added as the BND receives salary data through open records requests.
This story was originally published July 10, 2021 at 8:00 AM.