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GFW Public Schools board approves contract for incoming superintendent Dr. Smith
Summary
At a July 22 special meeting the GFW Public Schools board approved an 11-month contract for incoming superintendent Dr. Smith, including a prorated salary figure transcribed in the record and a $10,000 403(b) allocation in lieu of district-paid health insurance; outgoing Superintendent Dr. Horton offered brief remarks.
GFW Public Schools on July 22 approved a contract for incoming superintendent Dr. Smith and confirmed a series of related personnel terms.
A district staff member told the board the district conducted an expedited search and brought a contract using MSBA model language. The contract before the board is written as an 11-month agreement beginning Aug. 1 and lists a prorated salary figure transcribed in the meeting record as "13296." The staff member also said Dr. Smith will receive a $10,000 contribution to a 403(b) plan in lieu of district-paid health insurance, that the contract provides 12 paid holidays and standard sick-leave language, and that differences in retirement/benefit treatment compared with the outgoing superintendent could yield a net district savings this year (the staff presentation cited a potential savings of about $58,000 as transcribed).
The board moved to approve the contract, the motion was seconded, and the board approved it by voice/hand vote. The meeting record does not include an itemized roll-call tally of individual board votes.
Outgoing Superintendent Dr. Horton spoke after the vote, thanking board members, staff and the community for their partnership during his tenure and congratulating the board on the hire. "I will always always be cheering for GFW," he said.
The contract and personnel actions were handled as routine business under the special-meeting agenda; the district did not read an alternate salary or correction into the record during the meeting. Where the transcript contains transcribed numeric values that appear truncated or unclear (for example, the prorated salary figure listed as "13296"), the text above reports the wording as it appears in the record rather than substituting an unverified number. The board set Dr. Smith's start date for Aug. 1 and approved the contract terms; no further public debate or amendment was recorded at the meeting.
