Niles Township Community High School District 219, Illinois
Niles Township Community High School District 219 is located in Cook County, Illinois.
[edit] School Superintendent Pay
On February 2, 2009 the Chicago Sun-Times reported that Niles Township school superintendent Neil Codell was paid $411,500 in 2008, a record for the state of Illinois. Codell took a lesser job in the school district on June 30, 2008, but did not receive a pay decrease. In fact, Codell's contract, signed in January 2005, set his base salary at $182,500 with the option of two 20 percent raises before he retired. Also covered are 100 percent of hospitalization and major medical premiums for his entire family for 10 years after retirement, as well as $500-a-month auto allowance and a term life insurance policy for twice his salary for as long as he was employed at the school district. The Sun-Times filed an Illinois Freedom of Information Act request to inquire how Codell's salary moved from $182,500 to $411,500, but did not receive a response. [1]
