Hinsdale District 86 approves $250,000 contract with new superintendent

March 05-- Mar. 5--The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board unanimously approved a two-year contract Monday with the district's next superintendent, Tammy Prentiss.

Prentiss will be paid $250,000 a year, and the district will pay health insurance premiums of either $13,408 for an individual or $19,155 for family coverage.

"I couldn't be happier we have an internal candidate we could promote to superintendent," said school board member Kevin Camden.

Superintendent Bruce Law announced in February he had accepted the superintendent's job with Highland Park-Deerfield District 113, starting next year. Law's salary this year was $250,251.

Prentiss has worked as assistant superintendent of student services in District 86 since July 2014. Prior to coming to District 86, she was assistant director of the Cooperative Association of Special Education, an educational cooperative in DuPage County.

She also worked 19 years in Bloomingdale-Carol Stream Elementary District 93, which consists of nine elementary schools, starting as a special education teacher and progressing to the district's director of special education.

Prentiss has a bachelor of science and two masters degrees from Northern Illinois University and is enrolled in a doctoral program at Aurora University.

Her current salary is $179,431 plus $13,408 in health insurance coverage. Her vacation will increase from 20 days a year to 25 days as superintendent.

kfornek@pioneerlocal.com

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