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Subcommittee recommends superintendent’s compensation picks, adds two assistant superintendent positions to FY25 budgets
Summary
The Budget & Finance Subcommittee recommended approval of superintendent compensation recommendations for two assistant superintendent roles and approved adding one position to the FY25 general fund budget; members clarified timing and budget coverage for the Title I position.
The Springfield Public Schools Budget & Finance Subcommittee voted to recommend the school committee approve the superintendent’s compensation recommendations for two assistant superintendent positions and to add one of those positions to the FY25 general fund budget.
Superintendent Dr. Dennal presented the compensation recommendations for the assistant superintendent for community engagement, family empowerment and partnerships and for the assistant superintendent for curriculum, instruction and professional development, saying the moves “reflect the size of the job” and that the roles are upgrades of preexisting positions rather than entirely new classifications.
Dr. Dennal also said the district selected the candidates and that the recommendations “highlight and accentuate the fact that you all are truly committed to the empowerment of our families, increasing and improving our partnerships.” She confirmed the compensation adjustments increase responsibilities and pay for incumbents promoted into the assistant superintendent titles.
The subcommittee then voted to recommend adding the assistant superintendent of curriculum, instruction and professional development position to the FY25 general fund so the selected candidate, Terry Poe, could begin May 12 and a portion of salary would fall in the current fiscal year. The motion to add the position to the FY25 general fund budget was made, seconded and passed on roll call; Miss Hurst was recorded as voting yes, Miss Gresham yes and Miss Monroe Naylor yes.
For the assistant superintendent of community engagement, family empowerment and partnerships, presenters said the position will commence July 1, 2025, and that the cost had already been covered in the draft budget. The subcommittee did not act on the separate motion to add that position to the FY25 Title I budget after district counsel advised the item was already included in material to be voted on later.
Motions to approve the superintendent’s compensation recommendations for both assistant superintendent positions were made and seconded; roll calls recorded Miss Hurst absent for one vote and affirmative votes from present members and were reported as passing. The items will be forwarded to the full school committee for final approval under MGL chapter 71, section 59, as cited by the superintendent.
The subcommittee recorded that these are reclassifications that elevate existing roles rather than newly created jobs; presenters said the changes align compensation with expanded duties and that the district intends a smooth leadership transition in light of Chief Bolch’s forthcoming departure.
