Colaluca gets raise, new five-year contract
The Austintown Board of Education approved pay raises for several administrators and hired three new teachers for the upcoming school year.
The board earlier this week approved a five-year contract for Superintendent Vince Colaluca. He’ll receive a $2,000 wage increase beginning this school year, which is the final year of his three-year contract, and each year for the first three years of his new contract. His new pay for this year will be $97,000.
One-percent wage increases for 2011-12 were granted to Daniel Bokesch, director of curriculum. He received a two-year contract worth $75,750 each year.
The board approved three-year contracts for Malvern Culp, operations and facilities, who will earn $49,490 a year; Cynthia Douglas, Education Management Information System coordinator, will earn $40,965 a year; and Thomas Ventresco, technology coordinator, will earn $65,416 per year.
The board decided to increase transportation Supervisor Colleen Murphy’s income to $44,257 during the final year of her two-year contract. Administrative Assistants Annette Grahovac’s and Monica Pawlen’s salaries were increased to $33,653 and $30,358, respectively.
Treasurer Mary Ann Herschel was awarded a three-year contract that included a $1,500 pay raise in its first year, which will bring her salary to $69,500.
The board also approved three-year contracts to Janet Polish, directory of 21st Century Learning and Becky Morris, director of special education.
Seventy percent of Polish’s yearly $68,928 salary will be funded by Falcon Pride Online and 30 percent by Alternate Student Grants.
Morris will receive a one-time payment $6,000 from the nongeneral fund Healthcare Process Consulting Inc. in addition to her $71,276 yearly income. The payment is contigent on HPC being sustainable.
All district employees contribute 10 percent toward their health-care benefits.
Youngstown State University graduates and first-year teachers Andrea LaMarca, Heather Landgraver and Kara Lemke joined the district after the board approved one-year limited contracts with a salary of $29,737 for each.
LaMarca will be the art teacher assigned to Watson Elementary School. Landgraver will teach fifth-grade social studies and science and Lemke will be the fourth-grade math teacher, both at Frank Ohl Intermediate School.