Per person salaries at the Davis Center increased substantially during the eight months between September 2024 and April 2025. Below I give particularly notable salary increases at the upper echelons of staff at the Davis Center, listed in order from greatest increase to least, and with dividing lines indicating categories of increase (note the first two increases, for Scott Weber and Ryan Strack, are significantly higher than others).
Be aware
that the lower percentage increase for Ibrahima Diop is most likely explained
by his returning to the single role as Senior Finance Officer, dropping the
Senior Operations Officer title that was added to his portfolio for 20 months (between 1
July 2022 and February 2024).
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Particularly
Notable Davis Center (Central Office)
Staff Pay Raises Between September 2024 and April 2025
Scott
Weber
Executive
Director, Human Resources
From
$143,389 to $169,739 ($26,350 increase [18.37%])
Ryan
Strack
Assistant
to the Superintendent and the Board
From
$132,225 to $149,636 ($17,350 increase [13.12%])
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Yusuf
A. Abdullah
Associate
Superintendent
From
$175,275 to $190,564 ($15,289 increase [8.72%])
Katrina
Marie Magistad
Assistant
to the General Counsel, Supervisory
From
$139,891 to $150,648 ($10,757 increase [7.69%])
Stacey
Lynnette Joyner
Executive
Director, Early Childhood Education
From
$146,772 to $156,437 ($9,665 increase [6.59%])
Laura
A. Cavender
Associate
Superintendent
From
$179,375 to $190,564 (11,189 increase [6.24%])
Paul
D. Klym
Director,
Career and Technical Education
From
$135,151 to $143,389 ($8,238 increase [6.10%])
Sara
Walker Etzel
Director,
Career and Technical Education
From
$135,151 to $143,389 ($8,238 increase [6.10%])
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Shawn
Harris Berry
Associate
Superintendent
From
$189,625 to $198,258 ($8,633 increase [4.55%])
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Meghan
Colleen Hickey
Executive
Director, Student Support Services
From
$153,750 to $156,437 ($2,687 increase [1.75%])
Sarah
K. Hunter
Executive
Director, Strategic Programming
From
$148,625 to $156,437 ($7,812 increase [5.26%])
Maria
S. Rollinger
Executive
Director, Academic Core & Instruction
From
$151,494 to $156,437 ($4,943 increase [3.26%])
Donnie
Belcher
Executive
Director, Marketing and Communications
From
$138,000 to $142,385 ($4,385 increase [3.18%])
Alicia
Inez Miller
Senior
Human Resources Officer
From
$179,000 to $183,896 ($4,896 increase [2.74%])
Ibrahima
Diop
Senior
Finance Officer
From
$215,250 to $218,644 ($3,364 increase [1.56%])
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These increases may be compared with those received by the Education Support Professionals (ESPs) in the ESP Chapter of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers and Teachers represented by the Teacher chapter of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers, as follows
Education Support Professionals (ESP) >>>>>
In addition to each ESP gaining two steps on the salary schedule, ESPs received the following increases >>>>>
1 July 2023 >>>>> 4% COLA increase
1 January 2024 >>>>> 6% COLA increase
Teachers >>>>>
1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024 >>>>> 4% COLA increase (Effective 1 July 2023)
1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025 >>>>> 5% COLA increase (Effective 1 July 2024)
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