A public hearing on the contract terms and conditions of the contracts with the district’s superintendent and assistant superintendants has been scheduled for Tuesday, June 9.##M:[more]##
By state law, the school board is required to provide public notice of its intent to take action to amend or modify contract terms and conditions of these contracts on Tuesday, June 23, at 7:30 p.m. But prior to the scheduled action on June 23, the board must also hold a public hearing on June 9.
School Board President Hemant Marathe said that the salary for these positions changes every year, usually on July 1. But, “this is the new requirement of the state that we need to hold this hearing every year,” he said. “We are required to hold it so that anybody who has a comment or question can come and speak about it.”
Marathe said he did not yet know what the new salaries for the positions would be, but that the board was currently discussing the matter. ‘We will try to get it done by July 1,” he said. “Sometimes in the past, we have gone past that date, but it’s always redrafted on July 1.”
The contract with Superintendent Victoria Kniewel was signed in 2007, and is in place through 2011. The board agreed to review Kniewel’s salary at the conclusion of each school year. Last year, Kniewel’s salary increased by 4 percent. Under the terms of that contract, Kniewel’s salary increased to $186,”150, up from $179,”000.
