Upper St. Clair's Highest Paid Teachers

UPPER ST. CLAIR, PA - Nearly 100 Upper St. Clair School District teachers had base salaries of $100,000 or higher in 2016-17, Pennsylvania Department of Education records indicate.

The salaries don't represent the teachers' take-home pay. They exclude compensation earned from any additional duties performed and don't include the amounts teachers pay for health care and other benefits.

According to the Department of Education, the average salary for a teacher in Pennsylvania in 2016-17 was $66,265, although teachers' paychecks vary greatly by district. The average teacher salary in the Upper St. Clair District was $77,210 the 10th-highest average among Allegheny County’s 43 districts.

Most of the educators listed below have years - even decades- of teaching experience and many have advanced degrees. Their 2016-17 salaries, grouped by school:

UPPER ST. CLAIR HIGH SCHOOL

• $105,782: Dominick Frollini.

• $103,465: Melissa Kaser, Debbie Rentschler, Glenn Wayland.

• $103,160: Lynne Kopaz, Constantina Lardas, Timothy Sabram.

• $101,718: Dawn Mostowy.

• $101,100: Daniella Buccilli, Elizabeth Cecelia, Bethany Chase, Tanya Chotham, Benjamin Cramer, Caroline Dewalt, Daniel Durkin, Elizabeth Hess, Daniel Holzer, Melissa Hughes, Lynn Kistler, Patrick Manion, Laura Moelle, Cephus Moore, Shawn Morton, Mary Mulroy, Patricia Palazzolo, Fred Peskirski, Christine Pierskalla, Timothy Robbins, Uwe Schneider, Alexander Shefler, Ronald Savillio, Tracy Vacco, Melissa Welhorski, John Zebo.

• $100,275: Monica Erwin.

BOYCE MIDDLE SCHOOL

• $101,410: Carol Brinkhoff

• $101,100: Christina Caragein, Vicki Cayuela, Kristin Cilli, KEvin Clark, Vivian Criner, Susan Fleckenstein, Denise Galloway, William Gehrlein, Mark Goelz, Beth Harris, Julie Mauder, Gary McCullough, Steven Nicklas, Angela Tena, Dawn Yoder, Melissa Yoest.

FORT COUCH MIDDLE SCHOOL

• $101,718: Linda Lubin

• $101, 410: Connie Montgomery

• $101,100: Gregory Calvetti, Carolyn Cusick, Ryan Duchi, Caren Falascino, Cheryl Leonard, Stephen Levine, Erin Nanci, Amy Rendulic.

BAKER ELEMENTARY

• $103,160: David Fee

• $101,718: Amy O’Korn

• $101,410: Renee McCarthy

• $101,100: Pamela Dillie, Barbara Helmecci, Christine Hestwood, Pamela Petratca, Paula Scandrol, Stacey Templeton, Erik Wiesemann, Mary Zora.

EISENHOWER ELEMENTARY

• $101,100: Melissa Casella, Raymond Cursi, Shannon Dominick, Christopher George, Helga Gilbert, Elizabeth Lalomia, Kristen Rauber, Diane Ray, Michelle Stack.

STREAMS ELEMENTARY

• $103,160: Mary Quinn.

• $101,100: Elizabeth Allen, Gena Bossart, Amy Cornali, Barbara O’Leary, Jeffrey Leonhardt, Kathleen Mulhorn, Valerie Ober.

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