Kelly Weidenmiller earned $58,603 in 2018, 5.3 percent more than in 2017, working at New Buffalo Area Schools.
Jeffrey Leslie was the highest paid public employee working for New Buffalo Area Schools in 2018, earning $132,025 during the year.
The data was gathered by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a nonprofit research and educational institute.
Top 100 highest earners at New Buffalo Area Schools in 2018
| Rank | Employee | 2018 amount earned | 2017 amount earned | Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeffrey Leslie | $132,025 | — | — |
| 2 | Charles Butler’jr. | $98,050 | $72,857 | 34.6% |
| 3 | Carol Grandholm | $94,813 | $76,121 | 24.6% |
| 4 | David Kelly | $94,245 | $93,295 | 1% |
| 5 | Rebecca Hartley | $91,936 | $89,859 | 2.3% |
| 6 | Diana Chase | $90,180 | $72,766 | 23.9% |
| 7 | Patricia Newton | $87,867 | $77,016 | 14.1% |
| 8 | Edward Lijewski | $87,554 | $84,878 | 3.2% |
| 9 | Vance Price | $84,644 | $79,960 | 5.9% |
| 10 | Adam Bowen | $82,825 | $78,788 | 5.1% |
| 11 | Lisa Price | $81,764 | $78,222 | 4.5% |
| 12 | Linda Magro | $81,731 | $78,795 | 3.7% |
| 13 | Lisa Knoll | $80,571 | $80,014 | 0.7% |
| 14 | Mary Cooper | $80,482 | $78,919 | 2% |
| 15 | Edward Fidler | $80,382 | $74,652 | 7.7% |
| 16 | Maria Churchill | $80,185 | — | — |
| 17 | Tina Keller | $80,031 | $78,095 | 2.5% |
| 18 | Richard Eberly | $79,890 | $79,516 | 0.5% |
| 19 | Jennifer Bauer | $79,673 | $77,202 | 3.2% |
| 20 | Lindsey Diebolt | $78,750 | — | — |
| 21 | Suzanne Cramer | $78,664 | $76,136 | 3.3% |
| 22 | Julie Price | $76,879 | $74,503 | 3.2% |
| 23 | Laura Selir | $76,638 | $72,530 | 5.7% |
| 24 | Elizabeth Ditto | $75,814 | $72,863 | 4% |
| 25 | Lisa Mollison | $75,459 | $72,221 | 4.5% |
| 26 | Kimberly Magro | $75,363 | $72,014 | 4.7% |
| 27 | Matthew Johnson | $75,194 | $75,135 | 0.1% |
| 28 | Nancy Mrozek | $75,017 | $72,030 | 4.1% |
| 29 | Krista Totzke | $74,276 | $68,145 | 9% |
| 30 | Daniel Coffman | $74,218 | $72,040 | 3% |
| 31 | Christina Sokol | $73,169 | $68,091 | 7.5% |
| 32 | Kris Sieko | $73,109 | $68,605 | 6.6% |
| 33 | Mary Pinette | $73,046 | $72,730 | 0.4% |
| 34 | Tracy Ripley | $72,480 | $72,779 | -0.4% |
| 35 | Robert Hughes | $72,258 | $72,378 | -0.2% |
| 36 | Clair Mcnair | $72,062 | $70,987 | 1.5% |
| 37 | Barbara Reed | $71,908 | $69,771 | 3.1% |
| 38 | Shelley Wheeler | $71,180 | $70,725 | 0.6% |
| 39 | Amy Goff | $70,956 | $68,496 | 3.6% |
| 40 | Susan Seifert | $68,897 | $64,154 | 7.4% |
| 41 | Luis Sanchez | $68,684 | — | — |
| 42 | Christina Baumann | $67,928 | $63,391 | 7.2% |
| 43 | Melissa Lijewski | $64,642 | $59,489 | 8.7% |
| 44 | Matthew Bayley | $63,843 | $60,409 | 5.7% |
| 45 | Elizabeth Scoggin | $63,447 | $61,082 | 3.9% |
| 46 | Sarah Loftis | $61,888 | $56,899 | 8.8% |
| 47 | Denise Tuszynski | $61,616 | $59,741 | 3.1% |
| 48 | Erica Johnson | $61,446 | $57,763 | 6.4% |
| 49 | Matthew Remmo | $61,060 | $58,406 | 4.5% |
| 50 | Nicholas Talbott | $60,082 | $47,154 | 27.4% |
| 51 | Keith Carlson | $59,433 | $57,555 | 3.3% |
| 52 | Renee Fitts | $59,178 | $56,317 | 5.1% |
| 53 | Kelly Weidenmiller | $58,603 | $55,671 | 5.3% |
| 54 | Amy Ingle | $56,822 | $55,147 | 3% |
| 55 | Natalie Walter | $55,916 | $33,956 | 64.7% |
| 56 | Jacob Stella | $54,877 | $52,626 | 4.3% |
| 57 | Patricia Iazzetto | $54,669 | $52,383 | 4.4% |
| 58 | Melissa Forker | $54,451 | — | — |
| 59 | Barbara Homolka | $53,183 | $51,433 | 3.4% |
| 60 | Thomas Whitsel | $51,927 | $41,137 | 26.2% |
| 61 | Matthew Raney | $51,828 | $46,307 | 11.9% |
| 62 | Lori Gramelspacher | $51,513 | $49,777 | 3.5% |
| 63 | Curtis Brewster | $51,500 | $38,984 | 32.1% |
| 64 | Nathaniel Tripp | $49,518 | $55,589 | -10.9% |
| 65 | Sherman Craig | $49,259 | $45,350 | 8.6% |
| 66 | Jacob Zapor | $49,089 | $47,795 | 2.7% |
| 67 | Morgan Olmstead | $48,170 | $45,076 | 6.9% |
| 68 | Sara Mead | $47,035 | $38,835 | 21.1% |
| 69 | Gabrielle James | $46,756 | — | — |
| 70 | Randy Mast | $45,498 | $40,249 | 13% |
| 71 | Andrea Brown | $44,987 | $43,255 | 4% |
| 72 | David Starha | $43,480 | $37,240 | 16.8% |
| 73 | Angela Robertson | $42,751 | — | — |
| 74 | Nicole Bowen | $41,875 | $30,239 | 38.5% |
| 75 | Charles Lonske | $41,496 | $36,568 | 13.5% |
| 76 | Devinnie Wysocki | $41,483 | $38,484 | 7.8% |
| 77 | Rebecca Umphrey | $41,108 | $29,573 | 39% |
| 78 | Judith Meredith | $40,709 | $34,962 | 16.4% |
| 79 | Missy Thompson | $40,632 | $39,663 | 2.4% |
| 80 | Mark German | $40,392 | $37,440 | 7.9% |
| 81 | Barbara Coffman | $40,379 | $35,011 | 15.3% |
| 82 | Traci Spencer | $40,116 | $35,624 | 12.6% |
| 83 | John Riley | $39,499 | $32,737 | 20.7% |
| 84 | Barbara Woerdehoff | $39,155 | $34,854 | 12.3% |
| 85 | Tyler Wilson | $38,682 | — | — |
| 86 | Kylie Olson | $35,274 | — | — |
| 87 | Tina Brewster | $34,153 | $28,718 | 18.9% |
| 88 | Kylie Maak | $32,291 | $30,809 | 4.8% |
| 89 | Shannon Shawver | $31,669 | $23,713 | 33.5% |
| 90 | Renee Bowen | $31,495 | $26,598 | 18.4% |
| 91 | Sue Graff | $31,008 | $26,125 | 18.7% |
| 92 | Mary Campbell-walters | $29,780 | $25,092 | 18.7% |
| 93 | Karen Lord | $29,211 | $23,230 | 25.7% |
| 94 | Patricia Daniel | $27,989 | $23,634 | 18.4% |
| 95 | Darla Bowen | $25,403 | $22,790 | 11.5% |
| 96 | Joann Wilson | $24,914 | $10,022 | 148.6% |
| 97 | Maria Maroney | $24,797 | $23,087 | 7.4% |
| 98 | Tammy Hauch | $23,830 | $20,711 | 15.1% |
| 99 | Beth Arvanitis | $22,980 | $17,943 | 28.1% |
| 100 | Jeanne Przystup | $22,867 | $20,532 | 11.4% |
