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Middleton District board approves $150,000 salary for superintendent; personnel leaves granted
Summary
The Middleton District board approved a raise setting Superintendent Mark’s salary at $150,000, approved leaves of absence for two employees and moved one personnel item to the July personnel report after brief discussion and praise of district progress.
The Middleton District board approved a salary increase that sets Superintendent Mark’s pay at $150,000 a year and voted to approve leaves of absence for employees identified as 0609A and 0609B; the board moved employee 0609C to the personnel report for July.
Board members said the raise is intended to keep the district’s superintendent salary competitive with similar nearby districts, which board members named as Kuna and Mountain Home. Board members discussed a previously adopted three-year contract, approved in February, and said the $150,000 figure would leave all other contract provisions unchanged.
Board discussion focused on the superintendent’s recent work and district progress. Members noted time spent on the district bond effort and outreach meetings, the construction of a new career-and-technical (CT) building, and reported improvements in district scores after staff outreach; the board referenced preliminary statistics provided by staff member Paige Goodson. Members discussed benchmarking salaries against comparable districts and mentioned an increase in the low single digits (reported during discussion as about 3.6–3.8 percent) as a frame for the adjustment.
On personnel motions, the board approved a leave of absence for employee 0609A after a member recused from that vote; the board then approved a leave for employee 0609B. The board also moved employee 0609C to the personnel report in July for further action. The motions were put and approved by voice vote during the meeting; specific vote counts were not recorded in the transcript excerpt.
The board’s action on the superintendent’s salary came with an explicit statement that “all other parts and pieces of the contract” would remain in place. The board adjourned after completing the personnel and contract business; the item to move employee 0609C to July indicates the board deferred one personnel decision to a future meeting.
