The Herald, Sharon, PA Published Tuesday, October 10, 2000

GROVE CITY

Board sets salaries for schools’ top jobs

By Theresa Harkless Woods
Herald Writer

Grove City School Board set salaries Monday for administrators, hoping to strike a balance between what the district is willing to pay and what educators are willing to work for.

Board member Doug Thomas said the district’s goal is to bring administration salaries closer to a midpoint level in comparison with districts of similar size and wealth in the region within five years.

The salaries represent at least a 3.3 percent increase plus an adjustment regarding the midpoint.

The district "does not want to be in the top of salary levels for administrators because Grove City cannot afford that," Thomas said. But, he added, the district does not want to be on the bottom because it could lose good administrators.

Director John Sparks agreed. "I haven’t been a fan of paying big bucks for anything, but it is very hard to get good administrators today," he said.

He acknowledged, "Our administrators aren’t perfect" but noted, "When you see the problems with other districts, it influences us, as board members, to try to keep the administrators we have."

The administrators and their salaries, effective July 1, 2000, to June 30, 2001, are:

  • Dr. Robert M. Post, superintendent, $91,569.

  • Tom Bell, assistant superintendent, $76,302.

  • Valarie Phillips, business manager $60,648.

  • Lou Marriotti, computer coordinator $61,688.

  • Joe Skibinski, high school principal $74,046.

  • Jim Anderson, assistant high school principal $56,749.

  • Kathy Kelly, middle school principal $70,029.

  • Cindy Bubeck, elementary principal Washington Kindergarten/Highland $65,767.

  • Rich Bonnar, elementary principal, Hillview Intermediate $70,029.

  • Mark Ferrara, George Junior Republic principal $70,695.

  • Bill Kemmerer, psychologist $56,569.

  • Bob Coyer, chief of maintenance $44,473.

    Board member James Crow cast the only opposing vote.

    The board also adopted an early retirement incentive policy for professional employees. Under the program, Post said teachers and administrators with a minimum of 25 years in the state Teachers Retirement System, with at least 15 years of those at Grove City, would qualify for an early retirement incentive. Post said the policy is part of the teachers’ contract.

    The district would pay up to nine years of health care benefits for employees and their spouses until they qualify for Medicare.

    Employees could also convert unused sick days as a credit to purchase additional insurance. Post said there is no cash value to the provision.



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