15 Highest-Paid Hinsdale D-86 Employees

HINSDALE, IL – Like any school district, the superintendent of Hinsdale High School District 86 was the highest-paid employee last school year, making $260,609. Tammy Prentiss is in her fourth year at the helm.

At Lyons Township High School, seven teachers made the top 15 highest-paid employees for the 2021-22 school year. At District 86, no teachers did.

The district approved the annual salary report last month. According to the report, 80 teachers made the highest amount under the union contract – $139,217.

Central High School Principal Bill Walsh was the fifth highest-paid employee, making $179,302. Then-South High School Principal Arwen Pokorny Lyp was sixth, at $175,499. In July, she took the principal's job at Downers Grove South.

Here is the pay for the 15 highest-paid District 86 employees in the 2021-22 year:

1. Tammy Prentiss
Superintendent
$260,609

2. Josh Stephenson
Chief financial officer
$195,831

3. Chris Covino
Assistant superintendent of academics
$184,140

4. Keith Bockwoldt
Chief information officer
$180,935

5. Bill Walsh
Central Principal
$179,302

6. Arwen Pokorny Lyp (left June 30, 2022)
South Principal
$175,499

7. Eric Martzolf
Assistant principal for curriculum and instruction, South
$162,801

8. Bradley Verthein (left June 30, 2022)
Assistant superintendent of student services
$161,577

9. Dan Jones
Central athletic director
$161,206

10. Cheryl Moore
Assistant superintendent of human resources
$160,000

11. Kimberly Dever
Supervisory dean
$157,559

12. Arthur Ostrow
South athletic director
$151,274

13. Michael Holland
South director of counseling
$151,227

14. Jessica Hurt
Assistant principal for curriculum and instruction, Central
$142,675

15. Chris Jasculca
Director of communications
$140,729