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Jackson Public Schools approves superintendent contract, lease assignment and bank depository correction
Summary
The Jackson Public School District board approved a two‑year contract for Superintendent Eric Green, agreed to a lease assignment for a 16th‑section property and rescinded then reawarded bank depository services at a corrected interest rate; multiple consent agendas were also approved.
The Jackson Public School District board voted to approve a two‑year employment contract for Superintendent Eric Green and took several administrative approvals on a motion that the board carried by voice votes.
The board approved Dr. Eric Green’s new two‑year contract effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027. The contract sets an annual base salary of $262,000 and includes an auto allowance and other benefits that bring the stated total compensation package to about $280,000 per year, according to the presentation by the board attorney. Attorney Doreen Turner told the board the contract retains existing fringe benefits and expands the superintendent’s allowable professional travel days from 15 to 20; it also removes a requirement that travel be preapproved by the board and replaces it with a monthly travel report to the board.
The board also approved an assignment and assumption of the lease for a sixteenth‑section property along the I‑20 corridor. The new lessee, LV Petroleum LLC, will assume the existing TA Operating LLC lease at 970 I‑20 West Frontage Road and the administration said the annual payment under the assumed lease is $83,700 per year.
Separately the board rescinded the prior award of bank depository services to Trustmark National Bank (RFP 202502) at an incorrect interest rate and approved Trustmark as the district bank depository for a three‑year term from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028, at a corrected interest rate of 4.25 percent.
Board members moved and seconded the grouped motions and approved them by voice vote. The board also approved routine consent agendas for finance, general business and personnel during the meeting.
Why it matters: The superintendent contract, the lease assignment and the corrected bank depository award are formal decisions that set leadership continuity, district revenue/asset arrangements and where the district will deposit and earn interest on public funds. The contract also changes internal reporting around superintendent travel and preserves parity of fringe benefits with other district employees.
Board action details: The superintendent contract was presented by board attorney Doreen Turner and approved after discussion about term and compensation. Dr. Eric Green offered brief remarks after the vote thanking the board for the vote of confidence. The lease assignment and the bank depository correction were presented by Chief Operating Officer Burke and Executive Director of Business Services Margaret Purnell; the two items were taken together and approved.
What was not decided or remains pending: The contract and the lease assignment were approved by the board; the transcript records voice votes and the chair announced the motions carried but does not list a roll‑call tally of individual votes in the record.
The meeting concluded after approval of consent items; there was no executive session.
