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General counsel: no evidence superintendent altered pay; both superintendent and deputy declined 2025–26 raises
Summary
General counsel Phil Spare reported a payroll and document review found no violation of policy 2.6 and said both Superintendent Gadowski and Deputy Superintendent Beau Fobert declined their 2025–26 pay increases; the superintendent—s current three-year contract was approved in May 2023.
Phil Spare, the district—s general counsel, told FACT members he reviewed board policy 2.6 (employment, compensation and benefits) and found no evidence the superintendent altered his own compensation. Phil said he consulted district leaders and payroll manager Heather Anderson as part of a short memo and that his review did not identify any policy violations.
Phil also noted that both the superintendent, Gadowski, and Deputy Superintendent Beau Fobert declined pay increases they were entitled to for the 2025–26 school year amid the district—s difficult budget discussions. He said the district is operating under a three-year superintendent contract approved by the board in May 2023 and that conversations about an extension are likely in the coming months.
Aaron and other staff described internal controls around PeopleSoft payroll and explained multiple checks and approvals (HR, payroll managers, cash approvals and external audit sampling) are in place to prevent unilateral adjustments to compensation without oversight.
Next steps: Phil said he would be available to answer follow-up questions, staff will include payroll-audit checks in the annual audit sampling, and the board may discuss contract extension timing in future sessions.
