Keystone Oaks School District's Highest Paid Teachers

DORMONT, PA - More than two dozen Keystone Oaks School District teachers had base salaries of $96,000 or higher in 2016-17, Pennsylvania Department of Education records indicate.

The salaries don't represent the teachers' take-home pay. They exclude compensation earned from any additional duties performed and don't include the amounts teachers pay for health care and other benefits.

According to the Department of Education, the average salary for a teacher in Pennsylvania in 2016-17 was $66,265, although teachers' paychecks vary greatly by district. The average teacher salary in the Keystone Oaks School District was $64,868, the 35th highest average out of Allegheny County’s 43 school districts.

Most of the educators listed below have years - even decades- of teaching experience and many have advanced degrees. Their 2016-17 salaries, grouped by school:

KEYSTONE OAKS HIGH SCHOOL

• $104, 340: Michele Lowers

• $100,840: Russell Klein, John Murphy

• $98,840: Kevin Gallagher, Tricia Kneitzer, Diana Vitenas

• $97,840: Jennifer Bogdanski, Christine Chimonto, Judith Fritz

• $96,340: Lisa Forlini, John McCarthy, Jeffrey Sieg

KEYSTONE OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL

• $102,840: Karen Ostrowski

• $96,340: Patrick Falsetti, Karen Hagy, Lisa McMahon, Marie Raymond

AIKEN ELEMENTARY

• $97,840: Dana Guimarc, Jill Graham, Kerry Karapandi

DORMONT ELEMENTARY

• $98,840: Lori DeMartino

• $97,840: Mary Jo Gargano, Brett Musser, Lisa Nagel-Thoft

• $96,340: Deborah Leonard

MYRTLE ELEMENTARY

• $99,840: Carolyn Manko, Kristie Rosgone

• $97,840: Theresa Twyman

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