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Salaries and wages of Whiteside School District employees added to Public Pay Database

The salaries and wages of Whiteside 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 District Superintendent Mark Heuring, who was paid $115,000, according to records provided to the BND from the school district.

Whiteside Elementary School Principal Nathan Rakers was the second-highest earner, bringing in $99,758, the records show.

Mark Poettgen, a teacher at the district, was third on the list with a salary of $92,629.

The fourth-highest earner in 2020 was Whiteside Elementary School Principal Monica Laurent, who was paid $90,639. The fifth-highest paid was Special Education Coordinator Chris Stinnett at $89,573.

The BND’s Public Pay Database goes back to 2011 with information obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests and public filings. 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.

Kavahn Mansouri
Belleville News-Democrat
Kavahn Mansouri is an Investigate Reporter for the NPR Midwest Newsroom based in St. Louis, Missouri, a journalism partner with the Belleville News-Democrat. Support my work with a digital subscription
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