There WILL Be a Board Meeting Next Week

But not for the closure plan.

It's a Board Special Meeting that will have two items. Agenda here. The meeting is to be live streamed.

- Approval of the Superintendent's "employment agreement"

- Approval of the "2024-2025 Superintendent Evaluation Instrument"

Notable items

- Pursuant to the existing agreement, the term renewed for a one-year term, through June 30, 2025, because the Board did not vote before November 15, 2023, to not renew the contract. I did not know that. 

- This action would approve a new Superintendent’s Employment Agreement with Dr. Jones to
replace the March 11, 2022, existing employment agreement effective July 1, 2024.

- Yes, he gets a raise of about $13,400 which takes the base salary to $348,395. He'll get almost that much of a raise for his pension. The entire package is now worth $390,940.

Yes, he got a raise but it's just about 4% which isn't a lot. But then, he hasn't done a lot. 

The evaluation instrument is a sea of targets and goals.

The regular Board meeting is still on October 9th. I still have my doubts that the Superintendent and staff will wait that long to release their updated plan to the Board.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Is this a public meeting I assume? I don’t know what happens behind close doors. I wish they publicly said whether or not they believe in him and his ability to lead. Only Hersey said so. I suspect turmoil behind the scenes.

Fed Up
9/27/24, 5:54 PM
Melissa Westbrook said…
Fed Up, well, it has this strange notation at the top of the agenda which says, "All members will attend and vote remotely." But it also says this, "In person access to observe the remote meeting will be provided in the Auditorium of the John Stanford Center." You can, of course, watch on tv.

I suspect that the Board needs to get this done but no one wants to truck over to the JSCEE for one hour. One of the most important things they do as a Board but it's not gonna be in person. Also, that tells you that it's all pro forma and the Super's contract is a done deal.
9/29/24, 4:28 PM
Done with SPS said…
The meeting schedule notes that the 4% increase is the best course of action as stability in leadership correlates to student achievement.... good to know stability is a priority... my daughter was crying last night because we can't tell her what school she will attend next year (that's stability). So whats the timeline on the final recommendation? where is a thorough transition plan? The increase is unjustified under the circumstances. If teacher salary reductions are on the table for reducing the deficit, surely we can start at the central office. And, If they close 20 schools for operational efficiency can they please actually consider laying off some of these assistant superintendents. There's a few million in savings right there.
9/30/24, 10:40 AM
Anonymous said…
I doubt the Supe would leave over 4% - the school year has begun and there aren’t tons of other employment options for him mid-year. But if he did? A staffer could absolutely step in and perform at an equivalent level. I’d love to see this Board take a firmer posture against very middling work product and do their one job of managing the Supe.

Srsly
9/30/24, 9:27 PM
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