ROCKFORD, IL — Central office administrators, department heads and school principals are the highest paid of the Rockford Public Schools’ roughly 4,000 employees.
Most of the school system’s expenses are employee costs. With a total annual budget of about $565.5 million, 47%, or $263.7 million, goes to employee salaries and another 17%, or $96.9 million, is dedicated to employee benefits.
No teachers appear in the list of the top paid employees, however more than 300 Rockford teachers are at the top of the teacher salary schedule…