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Board hires Ryan Johnson as elementary principal, amends contract to add $5,000 into salary
Summary
The board approved the hiring of Ryan Johnson (from Saint Francis School District) as elementary principal and voted to amend the contract by rolling a $5,000 in-lieu-of-insurance payment into base salary after board concern about precedence and consistency.
The Lake Park Audubon School District board approved the hiring of Ryan Johnson as elementary principal and amended his contract to convert a $5,000 "in lieu of health insurance" payment into base salary.
Administrators told the board that Johnson was selected after two rounds of interviews from an initial pool of nine applicants. The superintendent said Johnson comes from Saint Francis School District and has 12 years of elementary-principal experience. A board member asked about the $5,000 allowance for health insurance and whether that would set a precedent; members debated whether to roll the amount into salary for consistency across positions.
After discussion the board first voted on the contract as presented and then moved to amend it so the $5,000 would be added to salary. The amendment passed and the board approved the adjusted contract. The superintendent said an addendum could be used to incorporate the change.
Next steps: administration will finalize the contract (including the approved amendment), file required paperwork, and onboard the new principal according to district hiring and start-date procedures.
