More Big Raises At Joliet Township High School District 204

JOLIET, IL — Many of the Joliet Township High School District 204's highest paid administrators, teachers and staff are making at least $5,000 more this school year, a Joliet Patch analysis found.

A total of 28 people employed by Joliet Township District 204 are making more than $120,000 this school year. Three are making at least $10,000 more now than they did during the 2020-21 school year.

The average pay increase was $6,746 for the 28 Joliet Township school employees making at least $120,000 this school year, Joliet Patch determined.

In recent weeks, Joliet Patch obtained the most recent public salary data from Joliet Township High School District 204 through a Freedom of Information Act request.

It's all part of Joliet Patch's ongoing efforts to provide you with greater transparency and more awareness of how your Joliet area tax dollars are being spent.

The following summary covers all 28 District 204 employees making more than $120,000 this school year. The last time Joliet Patch published an article on salary data for District 204 was in January 2021.

That particular article was headlined "Hefty Raises For Joliet's High School Administrators," and you can re-read it at the very bottom of this article.

1: Superintendent Karla Guseman

March 2022: $235,040

January 2021: $226,000

Difference: Guseman makes $9,040 more than a year ago.

2: Assistant Superintendent Business Services Ilandus Hampton

March 2022: $231,454

January 2021: $222,552

Difference: Hampton makes $8,902 more than a year ago.

3: Teresa Gibson, principal Joliet West

March 2022: $215,959

January 2021: $203,735

Difference: Gibson makes $12,224 more than a year ago.

4: Christopher Olson, director of Human Resources

March 2022: $186,583

January 2021: $176,022

Difference: Olson makes $10,561 more than a year ago.

5: Shad Hallihan, principal Joliet Central

March 2022: $181,716

January 2021: $174,727

Difference: Hallihan makes $6,969 more than a year ago.

6: Brian Shaw, director of support services

March 2022: $171,359

January 2021: $161,660

Difference: Shaw makes $9,699 more than a year ago.

7: Susan Harris, dean at Joliet West

March 2022: $151,165

January 2021: $142,609

Difference: Harris makes $8,558 more than a year ago.

8: Dianne McDonald, assistant superintendent for education services

March 2022: $145,600

January 2021: $140,000

Difference: McDonald makes $5,600 more than a year ago.

9: Jo Ann Wooten, assistant principal for student services at Joliet West

March 2022: $141,739

January 2021: $136,287

Difference: Wooten makes $5,452 more than a year ago.

10: Iman Ellis-Bowen, district director of special services

March 2022: $138,589

January 2021: $133,259

Difference: Ellis-Bowen makes $5,330 more than a year ago

11 Robin English, Joliet Central academy coordinator,

March 2022: $138,557

January 2021:$133,228,

Difference: English makes $5,329 more than a year ago.

12: Kelly Manning-Smith, Joliet Central dean,

March 2022: $137,574

January 2021: $129,786

Difference: Manning-Smith makes $7,788 more than a year ago.

13: Sandra Campbell, Pathways school counselor,

March 2022: $137,261

January 2021: $129,492

Difference: Campbell makes $7,769 more than a year ago.

14. Angel Hauert, Joliet Central academy coordinator,

March 2022: $135,534

January 2021: $130,321,

Difference: Hauert makes $5,213 more than a year ago.

15. Jon Williams, Joliet West social sciences,

March 2022: $132,006

January 2021: $124,534

Difference: Williams makes $7,472 more than a year ago.

16. Mark Chambers, Joliet Central physical education teacher,

March 2022: $130,747

January 2021: $112,693

Difference: Chambers makes $18,054 more than a year ago.

17. Benjamin White, Joliet West ROTC instructor,

March 2022: $127,957

January 2021: $124,230

Difference: White makes $3,727 more than a year ago.

18. Kristine Schlismann, director of alumni and community relations,

March 2022: $126,463

January 2021: $121,599

Difference: Schlismann makes $4,864 more than a year ago.

19. Tino Villaflor, assistant principal for student services at Joliet Central,

March 2022: $126,222

January 2021: $121,367,

Difference: Villaflor makes $4,855 more than a year ago.

20. Eduardo Contreras, dean at Joliet Central,

March 2022: $125,392

January 2021: $124,392

Difference: Contreras makes $1,000 more than a year ago.

21. Lourdes Paramo, Joliet Central English as a second language teacher,

March 2022: $125,325

January: $121,358

Difference: Paramo makes $3,967 more than a year ago.

22. Michelle Smith, English teacher at Joliet Central,

March 2022: $125,325

January 2021: $121,358

Difference: Smith makes $3,967 more than a year ago.

23. Wendy Weith, Joliet Central American Sign Language teacher,

March 2022: $124,560

January 2021: $116,053

Difference: Weith makes $8,507 more than a year ago.

24. Matt Narducci, assistant principal for student services at Joliet West, brother of Superintendent Karla Guseman,

March 2022: $122,545

January 2021: $117,832

Difference: Narducci makes $4,713 more than a year ago.

25. Maria Georgantas, Joliet West special education teacher,

March 2022: $122,488

January 2021: $115,555

Difference: Georgantas makes $6,933 more than a year ago.

26. Jo Anne Bratkovich, Joliet West French teacher,

March 2022: $122,268

January 2021: $118,398

Difference: Bratkovich makes $3,870 more than a year ago.

27. Stacy Eighner, Joliet West special education teacher,

March 2022: $122,268

January 2021: $118,398

Difference: Eighner makes $3,870 more than a year ago.

28. Stephen Locke, Joliet Central assistant principal for student services,

March 2022: $121,367

January 2021: $116,699

Difference: Locke makes $4,668 more than a year ago.

For more Joliet Patch coverage:

Hefty Raises For Joliet's High School Administrators

123 Joliet City Employees Topped $150,000 Last Year

Joliet West Names New Principal After Gibson's Demotion