40 Highest Paid Elmhurst D-205 Employees

ELMHURST, IL – Unsurprisingly, administrators are among the highest-paid employees in Elmhurst School District 205. But teachers are high up on the list as well.

Coming in 10th is a math teacher at York High School, who is the second highest paid person at the school, behind the principal.

The district's information is from the 2021-22 school year. The school board is expected to vote on the administrator and teacher salary report at its meeting Tuesday.

Here is what the top 40 administrators and teachers were paid, including retirement enhancements, in the 2021-22 year (a few employees have since retired or moved to other positions):

1. Keisha Campbell
Superintendent
$248,686

2. Shahe Bagdasarian
York High principal
$217,456

3. Chris Whelton
Assistant superintendent of finance
$207,990

4. Scott Grens
Associate superintendent
$198,949

5. Luke Pavone
Assistant superintendent of human resources
$193,564

6. Kevin Rubenstein
Assistant superintendent of student services
$182,441

7. Phillip Urbanski
York High dean of students
$177,428

8. Linda Fehrenbacher
Sandburg Middle principal
$175,737

9. Gina Pogue Reeder
Churchville Middle principal
$171,802

10. Mark Laurich
York High math teacher
$171,735

11. Rob Wagner
York High assistant principal for athletics
$170,972

12. James Pluskota
Edison Elementary principal
$157,290

13. Jacquelyn Discipio
Bryan Middle principal
$156,318

14. Paul Pokryfke
Bryan Middle physical education and health teacher
$155,098

15. Ariana Leonard
Bilingual administrator
$154,197

16. Michael Hanley
Special education teacher
$154,147

17. Susan Kondrat
Madison Early Childhood Center principal
$154,119

18. Bradley Sutter
Teacher
$152,526

19. Paula Meltz
Churchville Middle physical education teacher
$150,347

20. Michelle Kalchik
Teacher
$149,120

21. David Beedy
Director of STEM Pathways
$148,790

22. John Gaunt
Music teacher
$148,156

23. Drew McGuire
York High assistant principal for finance and operations
$148,052

24. Christina Podraza
Jefferson Elementary principal
$147,949

25. Adam Roubitchek
York High assistant principal for curriculum
$146,717

26. Meredith Sheriff
York High assistant principal for student services
$145,773

27. Christine Trendel
Jackson Elementary principal
$145,515

28. Heidi Thomas
Field Elementary principal
$145,415

29. Ray Ostwald
Performing arts teacher
$145,354

30. Colleen Cook
Special education director (early childhood through fifth)
$144,492

31. Anna Bahramis
Special education director (sixth through 12th)
$143,340

32. James Borel
Teacher
$142,867

33. Karen Steahly
Emerson Elementary teacher
$140,569

34. Irene Villa
Fischer Elementary principal
$140,448

35. Barbara Curran
Bryan Middle science teacher
$139,564

36. Margaret Geary Thomson
Emerson Elementary teacher
$139,368

37. David Grelecki
Jefferson Elementary teacher
$139,039

38. Kurt Baumeister
Bryan Middle social studies teacher
$139,003

39. Jeffrey Gail
Sandburg Middle assistant principal
$137,418

40. Marc Wesseler
Hawthorne Elementary art teacher
$137,016