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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 7 years

Darren Kools

School Leadership Position · Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board
School Leadership PositionOntarioFirst listed 2019
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$120,608.50
▲ 20.5% since 2019

Darren Kools was paid $120,608.50 in total compensation as School Leadership Position at Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board in 2025, 21% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Darren Kools has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 7 times since 2019, earning $769K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $109,857.00 a year, up 20% over that span.

That is 1% above the average disclosed pay of $119,961.14 across 1,638 listed Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board employees.

$120,608.50
Latest compensation
in 2025
$769K
Total compensation
across 7 years
$109,857.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+20.5%
Career growth
since 2019
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FIG. 01

7 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$94K$105K$117K$128K$140K2019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

Totals, averages, and the biggest moves — all total compensation.

A career, year by year.

How Darren Kools's total compensation has moved across 7 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $135,794.97
Lifetime total compensation$769K
Annual average$109,857.00
Total growth since 2019+20.5%
Biggest raise+29.8% (2024)
Biggest drop-11.2% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

7 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
School Leadership Position↑ role changed$120,608.50▼ 11.2%
2024★ Best
Secondary Teacher – Regular Classroom$135,794.97▲ 29.8%
2023
$104,600.57▲ 1.1%
2022
Secondary Teacher - Regular Classroom$103,480.40▲ 0.3%
2021
Secondary Teacher - Regular Classroom↑ role changed$103,125.53▲ 1.8%
2020
School Leadership Position$101,263.90▲ 1.1%
2019First
School Leadership Position$100,122.31
7 years total$769K total$109,857.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
School Leadership Position
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2019
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
7

Data source

Salary data is published annually by the Ontario government under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act. Only employees earning $100,000+ are disclosed.

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