{"id":218777,"date":"2026-04-02T12:12:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/?p=218777"},"modified":"2026-04-03T07:19:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:19:54","slug":"more-than-2000-local-school-board-employees-make-the-sunshine-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/more-than-2000-local-school-board-employees-make-the-sunshine-list\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 2,000 local school board employees make the Sunshine List\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Government of Ontario has released its annual \u201cSunshine List,\u201d showing how many public sector employees earned more than $100,000 last year \u2014 and the numbers remain high across local school boards.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>At the Trillium Lakelands District School Board (TLDSB), 805 employees made the list in 2025. While that marks a decline from 909 in 2024, the figure still reflects a dramatic increase over the past several years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In total, TLDSB paid approximately $97 million in salaries to employees earning more than $100,000. Elementary school teachers accounted for the largest share, with 428 appearing on the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director of Education Wesley Hahn topped the board\u2019s earnings at $263,919. He was followed by secondary teacher Colin Matthew at $201,840. Superintendents Jay Kay Macjanet, Kimberly Ann Williams and Nicole M. Train rounded out the top five, each earning between $189,000 and $192,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the slight dip this year, the broader trend shows rapid growth. The number of TLDSB employees on the list has surged by more than 400 per cent since 2020, underscoring how wage increases and contract adjustments have pushed more education workers past the six-figure threshold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A similar pattern is seen at the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board, although its numbers declined year-over-year. The board reported 1,095 employees on the Sunshine List in 2025, down from 1,230 in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frances Bagley, the board\u2019s retired Director of Education, was the top earner at $282,921. Several superintendents followed closely behind, including Robert Lonnie Bolton, Mark Connors and Daniel Stargratt, who each reported salaries of $224,441. Scot Gorecki, Superintendent of Student Achievement (Secondary), earned $216,128.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sunshine List, formally known as Ontario\u2019s Public Sector Salary Disclosure, has tracked public sector earnings since the 1990s. While the $100,000 threshold has never been adjusted for inflation, the list continues to grow each year as salaries rise \u2014 particularly in sectors like education, where negotiated wage increases and seniority-based pay scales are common.<\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government of Ontario has released its annual \u201cSunshine List,\u201d showing how many public sector employees earned more than $100,000 last year \u2014 and the numbers remain high across local [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1904,"featured_media":218778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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