Mid-Prairie board OKs raise for Schneider

Posted 5/7/20

Mid-Prairie Superintendent Mark Schneider is getting a raise for the next school year.

At its April 27 meeting, the Mid-Prairie school board voted unanimously to give Schneider a 3.06% …

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Mid-Prairie board OKs raise for Schneider

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Mid-Prairie Superintendent Mark Schneider is getting a raise for the next school year.

At its April 27 meeting, the Mid-Prairie school board voted unanimously to give Schneider a 3.06% raise.

Business Manager Jeff Swartzentruber said that the pay-raise percentage is the same that other district staff members are getting for the 2020-21 school year.

“The recommendation that (board President) Marianne (Schlabach) asked me to bring this evening is the superintendent’s compensation package be increased by 3.06%, which is the same as all the other district staff for the 2020-21 school year,” Swartzentruber said.

Schneider’s current salary is $167,675, with a total package including benefits, of $217,214.

His salary will increase to $172,995, with a total package of $223,859, beginning on July 1.

Schlabach said that she made the recommendation to raise Schneider’s compensation for the coming school year.

“For all the compensation for the staff, I did ask that it be added on the agenda,” Schlabach said. “Since we were doing all the contracts, I asked Jeff to put it on the agenda.”

Schneider said he did not negotiate the raise.

“I have never recommended my salary and have never negotiated my salary other than the very first one,” he said. “I don’t believe it’s appropriate for a superintendent to make a recommendation.”

He said that his pay is more for his family than for himself.

“I enjoy being here. If I didn’t enjoy it, I wouldn’t be here,” Schneider said. “I don’t do it for the money. I know my family would probably kill me for saying that. It’s important to them because they have to make sacrifices.

“I am very very well paid, but they do make sacrifices because I am doing this job. To me, it’s more of a compensation for them than it is for me. I’m very appreciative.”

Board member Gabrielle Frederick expressed her appreciation for Schneider’s work.

“We’re very blessed,” she said. “We’re going through a hard time right now, and we’re blessed to have you as a leader.”