The superintendent's contract extension: Another misstep for the SRC
by Helen Gym on Mar 01 2011
The announcement by the School Reform Commission that it will extend Superintendent Arlene Ackerman’s contract through June 2014 sends a terrible message about the SRC’s approach to the most serious financial disaster the District has seen in recent memory.
The move effectively preserves one of the most lucrative pay packages for a public employee in the state, flying in the face of a national bipartisan trend toward curbing exorbitant compensation for school chiefs.
The contract provides the superintendent with a current salary of $348,140, more
