By KEVIN NEVERS

At its meeting Monday night the Duneland School Board voted 5-0 to approve a 4.5-percent increase in the salaries of administrative staff.

The 2008-09 base salaries:

•Superintendent Dirk Baer, $128,450. Three-year contract, 260 contract days.

•Assistant Superintendent Dave Pruis, $113,400. Three-year contract, 260 contract days.

•Assistant Superintendent Monte Moffett, $107,150. Three-year contract, 260 contract days.

•Business Manager Bonnie Gaston, $62,700. Two-year contract, 260 contract days.

•Director of Special Services Mark McKibben, $91,450. Two-year contract, 260 contract days.

•CHS Principal J. Goetz, $105,550. Two-year contract, 260 contract days.

•CHS Assistant Principal J. VanDrie, $88,350. Two-year contract, 210 contract days.

•CHS Assistant Principal S. Longacre, $85,900. Two-year contract, 210 contract days.

•CHS Assistant Principal K. Zeck, $80,000. Two-year contract, 210 contract days.

•Director of the Alternate Learning Center E. Chaddock, $76,400. Two-year contract, 205 contract days.

•LIS Principal G. Guernsey, $86,500. Two-year contract, 210 contract days.

•WIS Principal T. McGinty, $86,950. Two-year contract, 210 contract days.

•CMS Principal J. Ton, $93,050. Two-year contract, 215 contract days.

•CMS Assistant Principal C. Stafford, $83,100. Two-year contract, 210 contract days.

•BA Principal M. Grubb, $86,950. Two-year contract, 210 contract days.

•BR Principal A. Cammarata, $86,000. Two-year contract, 210 contract days.

•JA Principal L. Rugg, $88,350. Two-year contract, 210 contract days.

•LE Principal C. Jarka, $80,000. Two-year contract, 210 contract days.

•YO Principal A. Stillman, $80,000. Two-year contract, 210 contract days.

•Director of Athletics G. Nallenweg, $86,750. Two-year contract, 220 contract days.

•Director of Media and Technology, R. Eckley, $76,400. One-year contract, 200 contract days.

•Director of Music T. Kennedy, $73,150. One-year contract, 195 contract days.

School Lunch

Price Increase

In other business, the board voted 5-0 to increase the daily price of school lunches:

•At the elementary and intermediate schools, from $1.85 to $2.00, an increase of 15 cents or around 8 percent.

•At CMS and CHS, from $1.95 to $2.20, an increase of 25 cents or around 13 percent.

•Teachers’ lunches, from $2.65 to $2.95, an increase of 30 cents or around 11 percent.

Prior to the vote Baer noted that the daily price of school lunches has remained unchanged for five years.

Textbook and Instructional Fees

The board also voted to approve the schedule of textbook rental and instructional fees for 2008-09.

Total fees for K-6: K, $100; 1st, $150; 2nd, $137; 3rd, $123; 4th, $123; 5th, $125; and 6th, $125.

Total fees for English, math, science, and history/geography for 7-8: 7th, $86.20; 8th, $90.04. Those amounts do not include textbook rental and instructional fees for other courses, like art, general music, keyboarding, orchestra, and the like.

At CHS, by way of example, the textbook rental for English 11 C & T will run $51.84; one for Accounting, $55.90; for Chemistry, $38.12; for German 3, $28.52; for Geometry GT, $7.60; for U.S. History AP, $21.28; for Building Trades, $31.55.

Posted 6/3/2008