Richmond-Burton High and Nippersink Elementary Schools have a unified administration.

Superintendent Tim Lund performs that role for both District 157 and District 2.

Just mentioning that because it shows that intergovernmental cooperation among high and grade school districts can, no, has saved money in the Richmond-Spring Grove area.

There are separate unions for each school district, however.

The high school district has 56 union employees who pay $672 per year to its Illinois Education Association affiliate.

That works out to a total of $37,632 during the last year.

The elementary school has 107 teachers paying $660.96 during the last year in union dues to its IEA affiliate.

Fifty support employees in the Nippersink Grade School District pay $336.48 annually.