Super's Contract Okayed

From the Times:

"The Seattle School Board on Wednesday approved a contract with Maria Goodloe-Johnson, selected last week to be the district's next superintendent.

The three-year contract pays Goodloe-Johnson $240,000 a year. In addition, she will receive $20,000 per year in a retirement fund and a $700-a-month car allowance.

The current superintendent, Raj Manhas, earns $178,000 a year, with no contribution to a retirement fund.

Goodloe-Johnson has yet to sign the contract, but she is expected to do so. The contract vote was 6-0; board member Darlene Flynn was not present."

Well, the Board managed to negotiate to the very end of the pay scale plus benefits.

Comments

Anonymous said…
G-J certainly is a tough negotiator who gets exactly what SHE wants. The $240K figure was the maximum offered and the car allowance is roughly the same as what she had in Charleston considering that Seattle is a smaller district geographically. Too bad she wasn't inclined to use her negotiation skills as a selfless advocate for Charleston's local school communities where the needs were greatest and the political power the weakest. She is definately one mean, ego driven, ice-hearted 'mutha'. Good luck Seattle.
Charlie Mas said…
I hope the contract includes some means for the Board to actually manage the Superintendent. They don't have anything like that now.

The Board has no means to enforce Policies. Without that, they are not an effective policy-making body. If they are not a policy-making body, then they are almost superfluous.

The current Superintendent and his staff violate Policy routinely. They totally ignore them because they know that the Policies are never enforced. They don't even bother to check the policies as part of their decision-making process.

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