Board advised to align superintendent contract and evaluation; law limits contract length
Legal counsel told the St. Bernard Parish board the superintendent contract should be aligned with a clear evaluation instrument, warned of vagueness around the statutory 15% evaluation element, and explained that state law caps contracts at four years and limits how far into a subsequent board’s term a contract may extend.
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Legal counsel told the board that contracts and evaluation instruments should be developed together so expectations are clear and enforceable. Garrett recommended including the evaluative instrument as an exhibit in the contract, with objective measures (for example, timely submission of a balanced budget) and subjective components (community representation), and to require comments when extreme scores are given so the superintendent can improve.
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