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Board approves $11,500 payout for superintendent after debate over performance metric changes
Summary
The Jackson Madison County School System board voted to pay Superintendent Dr. King an $11,500 bonus for the 2023–24 year and adopted a revised 2024–25 performance metric. The discussion included disagreements over timing, contract requirements and whether a board member improperly altered the metric.
The Jackson Madison County School System board voted to pay Superintendent Dr. King a supplemental bonus of $11,500 for the 2023–24 school year and later adopted a revised performance metric for 2024–25 that will be used to judge future bonus eligibility.
The payout debate centered on whether the metric and its timing had been properly approved before the contractual deadline and whether changes made after the contract date constituted a contract violation. Administrative staff explained that key state data needed for the metric do not arrive until late in the calendar year; that timing contributed to disagreement over…
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