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Board adopts liquidated-damage amounts for selected employment contracts
Summary
After debate about fairness and hard-to-fill roles, the board approved contract language establishing liquidated-damage amounts: $2,500 for administrators and the assistant superintendent, and $1,500 for professional employment and psychologist contracts.
The governing board approved revised contract language for several FY2026–27 employment contracts, including specified liquidated-damage amounts intended to deter abrupt departures while allowing administrative waiver in specified circumstances.
Administration presented contract language for administrator, professional employment (related services), psychologist, and assistant superintendent contracts. Board members debated whether flat-dollar liquidated damages could penalize lower-paid staff more than higher-paid ones and whether hard-to-fill roles should have smaller or waived amounts. One suggestion was to convert the fee to a percentage or two weeks of gross pay to equalize impact across pay scales.
The board defeated a motion to table further discussion until March 5, then approved the contract language by motion: administrators and the assistant superintendent will have liquidated damages set at $2,500; the professional employment contract and the psychologist contract will carry a $1,500 liquidated-damage amount. Administration noted the contracts contain an administration waiver clause to permit exceptions in appropriate circumstances.
The vote to adopt the contracts passed by voice vote and will be incorporated into the FY2026–27 contract packet.
