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Board moves to executive session on superintendent goals, then approves 3.75% performance pay for superintendent
Summary
The board adjourned to an executive session to discuss the superintendent's goals under A.R.S. 38‑431.03(A)(1) and later approved a 3.75% performance pay increase for Superintendent Dr. Lopman by unanimous recorded vote.
The Maricopa Unified School District governing board on July 23 adjourned to executive session to discuss and consider the superintendent’s goals and subsequently approved a 3.75% performance pay award for Superintendent Dr. Lopman.
President Robert Downey moved the board to consider an executive session under Arizona law to discuss superintendent goals; the posted agenda cited A.R.S. 38‑431.03(A)(1). President Downey noted the superintendent had been provided the required statutory notice and that, “Should the superintendent advise the board that she wants discussion to occur in open session, it will occur in open session.” The board voted to adjourn to executive session; the motion passed by recorded vote of Shontay Rothschild, Ben Owens, Carol(yn) Lopez, Patty Couture and Robert Downey.
After returning to open session, a board member moved to grant Superintendent Dr. Lopman a 3.75 percent performance pay increase. The motion received a second and carried by the same recorded vote: Shontay Rothschild (aye), Ben Owens (aye), Carol(yn) Lopez (aye), Patty Couture (aye) and Robert Downey (aye).
The motion on the record was: “to give Dr. Lopman a 3.75 percent” performance pay. The meeting minutes do not record the names of the members who made and seconded the motions for adjournment to executive session or the pay motion. No additional details about the performance evaluation, criteria used, or effective date beyond the fiscal year referenced in the agenda were disclosed in the open session minutes.
