Superintendent Asks for Staff Raises at Tonight's School Board Meeting

At tonight's Wentzville School Board meeting, Superintendent Dr. Terry Adams will be asking the board to approve a 4.2 percent salary increase for some administrators.

"This increase is consistent with the average increase given to our teachers and that we anticipate giving to all of our groups," Adams said in a memo dated April 12, 2012.

"Our administrators do good work and we are certainly not over staffed administratively . . . Our average administrator salaries rank us as one of the lower school districts in the area," he said.

Among the administrators receiving raises would be:

• School Principal John Waters, from $145,200 to $151,298.
• Director of Student Services Melody Marcantonio, from $136,964 to $142,716.
• Principal Richard Beauchamp, from $119,689 to $124,716.
• Director Frank Gentile, from $96,339 to $100,385.
• Early Childhood Director Kevin Garcia, from $90,788 to $94,601.
• Building and Grounds Director Michael Blubaugh, from $88,314 to $92,023.
• Maintenance Supervisor Ralph Hecht, from $54,191 to $56,467.

The board meeting starts at 7 p.m. at the .

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