Schools
How Much Lyons Township High Leader Will Get
A perk is removed from Superintendent Brian Waterman's five-year contract.
LA GRANGE, IL – The Lyons Township High School board last week approved a five-year contract for Superintendent Brian Waterman, but did not release the contract to the public.
Through a public records request, Patch received the agreement a few days later. It takes effect in July.
Under the contract, Waterman will get $270,122 next school year, a 3 percent hike from this year's $262,254.
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Promoted to superintendent in 2021, Waterman started at $240,000. By the 2027-28 school year, he is set to get $286,753. His annual raises have amounted to about 3 percent.
Waterman is slated to get annual increases of at least 3 percent in the last two years of his contract.
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Waterman succeeded Timothy Kilrea, who made $304,000 when he retired in 2021 after a decade at the helm. In today's dollars, that works out to $356,000.
Under his original contract, Waterman received a monthly $500 stipend for all costs associated with the use of his car for school business. That provision is missing from his latest agreement.
Here's a look at the superintendent's pay since he started in 2021:
| Year | Salary |
| 2021-22 | $240,000 |
| 2022-23 | $247,200 |
| 2023-24 | $254,616 |
| 2024-25 | $262,254 |
| 2025-26 | $270,122 |
| 2026-27 | $278,826 |
| 2027-28 | $286,753 |
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