The amount paid to the 43 employees who earned six-figure salaries in 2015 ($4.78 million), was 6 percent less than it was in 2012, when 46 AAPS employees earned six-figure salaries totaling $5.1 million.
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The 250 Highest Paid Ann Arbor Public School District Employees

By The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team 2

by Patricia Lesko

Public school employee compensation is often a topic of scrutiny when school officials ask cash-strapped voters for additional money—in essence permission to go deeper in debt in order to pay the bills. In Ann Arbor, as of 2016, the Board of Education had received permission from voters to float $188.5 million worth of general obligation bonds. According to records from Moody’s Credit Rating Agency, in 2013 the AAPS underlying rating on its general obligation debt was downgraded and a negative outlook issued on the debt. In January of 2016, Moody’s reaffirmed the District’s lowered rating on its general obligation bond debt, but removed the negative outlook. The January 2016 Moody’s rating states, “Removal of the negative outlook is based on recent improvement of the district’s financial operations as a result of expenditure reductions, one-time revenues and growing enrollment.”

In January 2017, Moody’s paid out a settlement of $864 million to 21 states to settle federal and state claims that it inflated its ratings.

At $541 million, the total long-term liabilities of the AAPS are more than double the District’s 2016 revenue of $253 million, according to the most recent audited statement made available to the public.

Each year, the Ann Arbor Public Schools pays about $14 million in debt payments.

The amount paid to the 43 employees who earned six-figure salaries in 2015 ($4.78 million), was 6 percent less than it was in 2012, when 46 AAPS employees earned six-figure salaries totaling $5.1 million.
The amount paid to the 43 employees who earned six-figure salaries in 2015 ($4.78 million), was 6 percent less than it was in 2012, when 46 AAPS employees earned six-figure salaries totaling $5.1 million.

In Michigan, the state’s public schools owe a collective $19.7 billion in long-term (non-pension) debt. The state ranks 5th nationally in per-student amount of long-term debt. According to data fromNational Center for Education Statistics, Michigan has $13,000 per-student in long-term debt. On average, the U.S. has $8,400 per student in long-term debt.

The Ann Arbor Public Schools Board of Education recently voted to place an increase to the AAPS Sinking Fund Millage on the May 2, 2017 ballot. The Ann Arbor Public Schools is once again asking local voters to levy a tax on themselves and approve $200 million in property taxes over the next decade.

  • In 2015 voters approved a 10-year millage extension that is projected to raise about $33 million for what school officials told the public were upgrades to furnishings, buses, athletic fields, auditoriums and instruments.
  • In 2012, Ann Arbor voters approved a $45.8 million technology bond issue.
  • In 2004, voters approved a $123.4-million bond to primarily fund the construction of Skyline High School. [There were cost overruns on the project, which pushed the Skyline price tag to more than $90 million from a projected cost of $67 million.]

School district sinking fund millages may be levied in Michigan to repair and construct school buildings.

According to AAPS officials, “Sinking Fund dollars protect critical General Fund dollars that must be preserved for instruction, programs, salaries and other essential district operating costs. Under state law, sinking fund proceeds may not be used to pay teacher or administrator salaries.”

Still, money is tight, or so the public is told by Ann Arbor Public School officials. Parents with children who want to play a sport, pay participation, transportation and equipment fees. Ann Arbor high school theater groups charge student participants dues and hold fundraisers to bankroll their programs thanks to shrinking budgets for arts programs. High school science students aren’t permitted to take home textbooks, because the District no longer buys enough books for each student to have access to one outside school.

The amount of the District’s total revenue allotted to instruction in 2009 was $134 million out of a $234 million budget. In 2016, the amount spent on instruction rose to $144 million, and revenue increased to $253 million. As a percentage of total revenue, the District’s spending on instruction has decreased.

The AAPS’s General Fund pays for the compensation of its 3,500 employees. Together, salaries for the the highest paid 43 employees in the AAPS topped $4.78 million in 2015. With benefits and perks, such as bonuses, the total compensation for these employees topped $7 million. The amount paid to the 43 employees who earned six-figure salaries in 2015 ($4.78 million), was 6 percent less than it was in 2012, when 46 AAPS employees earned six-figure salaries totaling $5.1 million. In 2010, 59 AAPS employees earned six-figures and their salaries totaled about $6.9 million.

Below, is a list of the 250 highest paid employees employed by the Ann Arbor Public Schools in 2015.

Year

Employer Name

Name

Annual Wages
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Jeanice Kerr Swift $200,000.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Marios George Demetriou $144,200.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools David A Comsa $140,000.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Jennifer J Hein $127,840.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Cynthia Jean Leaman $123,485.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Timothy Gruszczynski $122,399.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Kevin A Hudson $118,669.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Dawn Ruby Linden $117,900.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Christopher B Curtis $116,882.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Janet M Schwamb $116,882.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Marcus S Edmondson $116,827.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Cory James Mcelmeel $115,195.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Che A Carter $115,007.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Geraldo E Vazquez $115,007.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Kathleen Scarnecchia $114,856.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Benjamin P Edmondson $114,426.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Khajasamieon Leinara Parks $112,551.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Elaine Teresa Brown $112,000.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Carol L Shakarian $109,515.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools David A Deyoung $109,515.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Gary R Court $109,515.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Joan Ann A Fitzgibbon $109,515.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Kevin R Karr $109,515.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Michael D Madison $109,515.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Terra E Webster $109,515.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools William M Harris $109,515.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Tracey Thomas Lowder $108,999.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Michelle L Pogliano $107,640.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Cynthia S Ryan $106,724.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Alberta Britton $106,222.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Pamela Renee Sica $105,785.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Richard Lee Weiler $105,542.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Dottie D Davis $103,690.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Jason Patrick Skiba $103,401.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Lisa R Anglin $103,401.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Tyrone Lamont Weeks $102,856.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Michael T Johnson $102,160.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Roberta Martin Heyward $102,160.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Cassandra Guidry Benion $101,455.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Edward M Broom $101,455.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Casey Marie Elmore $100,867.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Natasha F York $100,400.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Hyeuo M Park $98,675.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Jennifer Miller Bacolor $98,675.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Melita Nichole Alston $98,675.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Shannon Marie Blick $98,364.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools John B Boshoven $97,745.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Charles R Hatt $96,975.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Eve M Claar $93,550.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Matthew David Hilton $93,258.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Sean D Waymaster $92,923.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Denise Y Eaddy-richardson $92,197.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Christia Louise Munoz Butler $91,420.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Julie Fitzgerald Wilson $91,358.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Jeremy Matthew Barkey $91,331.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Roderick C Scott $90,494.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Merri Lynn Colligan $90,433.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Jane F Landefeld $90,206.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Ellen J Sapper $89,757.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Sara Jane Vance $89,757.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Michael B Sumerton $89,734.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Marci Lynne Tuzinsky $88,834.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Karen M Stein $88,168.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Kerry Marcella Beal $87,289.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Mary F Cooper $87,289.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Carlton B Bell $86,598.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Mary Margaret Cornish $86,455.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Edward L Kulka $86,400.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Richard S Brisson $86,137.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Yvette Marie Wright Shockey $85,928.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Tracy Lynn Anderson $85,926.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Michelle A Seals $85,786.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Craig M Levin $85,755.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Evelyn A Tolson $85,739.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Karen L Henderson-rochell $85,714.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Paul W Griffith $85,678.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Robin C Bailey $85,634.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Robert Brittain Satchwell $85,181.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools William A Johnson $85,178.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Byron C Douglas $85,141.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Ellen J Quartmontgomery $85,141.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Richard E Ingram $85,141.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Tracy E Loveland $85,141.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Peter F Ways $84,985.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Vivian Y Lee $84,982.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Jane L Taylor $84,866.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Kathryn Mary Lacroix Wagner $84,848.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Ronald S Robinson $84,836.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Danelle Dupes Mosher $84,655.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Stephen M Morris $84,644.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Marilyn Szymanski Suter $84,643.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Scott Patrick Hunter $84,414.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Tonya D Whitehorn $84,360.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Jill B Mcginn $84,306.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Sara Allison Duvall $84,306.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools David L Corsa $84,265.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Jeannette L James $84,249.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Tamala Lynnette Bell $84,196.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Dairia Lennai Ray Mustapha $84,195.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Bruce M Geffen $84,104.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Stacia Marie Weeks $84,057.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Kathryn A Spiess $83,948.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Colleen Rose Creal $83,925.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Wendy S Reinhardt $83,925.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Cathleen L Babcock $83,921.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Andra Vaughan Warsinske $83,877.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Mary Susan Sullivan $83,782.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Candida B Justyna $83,755.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Elizabeth L Stern $83,698.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Brian D Schad $83,683.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Alice L King $83,609.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Jon K Strite $83,564.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Angela I Klein $83,563.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Michael S Derhammer $83,563.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Mary Frances Spence $83,471.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Nathaniel L Powell $83,471.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Stephani S Field $83,400.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Lisa Lovich Thompson $83,395.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Anne-marie M Solari $83,392.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Anthony A Lauer $83,388.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Kay A Pentzien $83,374.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Sandra G Kreger $83,241.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Gretchen K Suhre $83,148.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Robyn Lynne Kimmey Watson $83,103.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Marla A Mckelvey $83,088.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Diana K Gordon $83,031.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Kip A Wilson $83,023.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Lisa A Cope $83,013.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Brian J Lincourt $82,954.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Michael R Benedict $82,916.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Bonnie J Kidd $82,888.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Cynthia A Page-bogen $82,888.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Darcy J Thorpe-knoll $82,888.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Deborah S Katz $82,888.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Edward J. Jr Mcconnell $82,888.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Hookki Chance $82,888.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools James L Weindorf $82,888.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Jeffrey T Bradley $82,888.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Jessica K Anderson $82,888.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools John B Jr Leidy $82,888.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Jonathan J Stern $82,888.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Kathleen Ford $82,888.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Kathleen Helen Rittenhouse $82,888.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Keisha Monique Ferguson $82,888.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Laurie D Gause $82,888.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Merrellyn Michele Lee $82,888.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Michele A Wilkins $82,888.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Nancy A Hannan $82,888.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Nancy C Schafer $82,888.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Paul A Grady $82,888.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Peter M Larson $82,888.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Robert K Bower $82,888.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Rosetta Ransome Brown $82,844.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Jeffrey M Oleksinski $82,838.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Wendy Lynn Thompson $82,783.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Andrew C Smith $82,700.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools James T Grant $82,689.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools William H Finch $82,684.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Shawn M Ashley $82,616.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Claudia Janine Parfitt $82,608.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Kevin S Behmer $82,594.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Michael S Lovelace $82,529.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Martin Joseph Moreno $82,437.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Jeffrey S Kass $82,419.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Russell G Sansbury $82,346.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Karen Lee Knight $82,320.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Nicole Leann Nunlee $82,280.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Stephanie M Carter $82,280.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Sophia S Dubreuil $82,217.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Sean E Sabo $82,211.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Jack Willsher Hentz $82,166.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Katherine J Lewit $82,109.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Andrea Urda Thompson $82,076.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Casey Storm Warner $82,076.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Catherine H Odette $82,076.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Cheryl L Day $82,076.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Eileen Cummins Thomas $82,076.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools James C Macarthur $82,076.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Jennifer L Puente $82,076.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Martina H Ezekiel $82,076.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Peter J Krebsbach $82,076.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Phillip D Sanborn $82,076.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Richard Knapp $82,076.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Stacey M Mack $82,076.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Teresa A Schneider $82,076.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Megan Donegan Franzen $82,042.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Jan N Starr $81,879.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools David Andrew Leach $81,831.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Scott A Thobe $81,825.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Janeen L Eckel $81,769.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Janet B Heaton $81,767.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Kristal M Verlee $81,670.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Thomas J Pachera $81,655.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Tahani A Othman $81,620.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Ellen M Daniel $81,549.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Bette Jeanne Gobeille-diem $81,541.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Kathryn L Mackercher $81,366.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Cara L Worden $81,264.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Diane Jacqueline Shubow $81,264.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Roger K Long $81,218.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Pamela A Loewe $81,179.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Jan K Mackenzie $81,106.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Denise Marie Socher $81,102.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Steven Robert Lorenz $81,021.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Kerri Rene Desomma $81,015.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Deborah Kay Weid $80,947.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Frederick A Smith $80,927.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Ted J Emch $80,905.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Sylvia J Muglia $80,893.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Marcia L Schaffer $80,798.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Mary Packard $80,732.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Teresa Ann Madyun $80,628.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Catherine L Stone $80,610.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Kathleen Marie Doolittle $80,566.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Frederick P Hall $80,528.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Laurie H Williams $80,488.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Thomas A Clarkson $80,469.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Philip A Huyck $80,451.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Tanisha Kemokai Brooks $80,416.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Jaime S Tobar $80,325.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Anne Marie Nicoll Turner $80,261.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Brent R Richards $80,255.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Gwen E Cowhy $80,204.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Amy Lyn Van Appledorn $80,190.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Julie Ann Spiroff $80,190.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Douglas P Julius $80,160.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Kris Ann Ann Berger $80,156.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Lorette J Mcnutt $80,151.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Douglas E Bernardin $80,136.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Lisa Nicole Burlingame $80,101.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Charles J Hamilton $80,095.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Mark C Kelly $80,013.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Roberta G Stapleton $79,987.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Tristan Penelope Marshall-diver $79,953.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Jeffrey V Willets $79,935.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Rebecca J Randolph $79,933.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Aina B Bernier $79,920.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Anne L Thomas $79,920.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Julia L Koli $79,911.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Jennifer Ellen Duman $79,883.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Russell F Fuller $79,866.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Janice L Smith $79,852.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Marie Lynette Frasier Embry $79,830.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Susan J Bartman $79,819.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Deborah L Kimball $79,785.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Theresa A Bassett $79,785.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Anne Frances Ward $79,766.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Michael L Damron $79,759.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Leslie A Selent Binder $79,732.00
2015 Ann Arbor Public Schools Mary M Wigton $79,711.00

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  1. Jeff Hayner says

    There’s a few folks above who are phoning it in, it must be seniority that got their wages pushed so high. Meanwhile, multiple written requests to the super, school spokesperson and others for a list of what they are planing to spend these sinking fund dollars on, for the first year alone, have gone unanswered. Do we have to pass the millage to see what’s in it? Why can’t someone at AAPS provide details? Or is the answer right in front of us?

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    1. The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team says

      @Jeff, have you written to ask what, precisely, the millage will be spent on and received no reply?

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