In the case of incoming CCSD superintendent Dwight Jones, he gets moving expenses paid for by taxpayers and a "charitable foundation" that is more than what many people make in a year. Clark County School District is the fifth largest in the country, and Jones's compensation package is a mere $358,000 including the following:
His annual salary will be $270,000, and other benefits include $15,000 for moving expenses; $4,000 a year for professional development; $700 a month car allowance; 31 days of vacation; a $150,000 life insurance policy, and $660 a month to defray expenses for being “visible in the schools” and participating in community events, it was reported.
Under the four-year contract, he can be dismissed at any time with 90 days notice. His buyout would be a year's salary and benefits.
He also gets an additional $35,000 from a "charitable" foundation for additional expenses.
Jones doesn't appear to have had much teaching experience. From the CCSD webpage:
Mr. Jones is the Commissioner of Education for Colorado. Colorado has a combined enrollment of 860,000 students in 178 public school P-12 districts. During his tenure he has helped rewrite the state’s content standards and is revising the state assessment; his administration has created a replicable longitudinal student growth model and streamlined the state’s accountability system. He also initiated the Schools of Innovation status, allowing schools to seek waivers from certain district requirements for greater autonomy. Mr. Jones began his career as elementary school principal in Junction City, Kansas, before rising through the ranks as assistant principal, principal, and superintendent. He previously served as a superintendent and assistant superintendent for the Fountain-Fort Carson School District in Colorado, as operational vice president of Edison Schools in Maryland, Kansas, and Missouri; and as assistant superintendent of Wichita Public School in Kansas. Under his leadership the Fountain-Fort Carson School District was recognized as the number one district in the state for narrowing the achievement gap for low socioeconomic status and minority students. As the operational vice president for Edison Schools, he opened three reconstituted, 100-percent minority schools in Baltimore City, Maryland. Mr. Jones is active with the Council for Chief State School Officers, the Southwest Comprehensive Center at WestEd, and several charities. He has pursued coursework at Colorado Technical University toward a doctor of management degree, and holds a master of arts degree in administration and supervision from Kansas State University, as well as a bachelor of science degree from Fort Hays State University.
Jones did start his career as a teacher. There is much more information in this article.
Outrageous, considering how lousy most of these people are.
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