Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Maryland’s state schools superintendent received a boost in pay with new contract

The Maryland state school board gave superintendent Karen Salmon a $40,000 pay raise on July 1 when it signed a new contract that allows her to stay on the job for the next year.
Salmon’s annual salary rose to $275,000, according to public records obtained by The Baltimore Sun, a 17% increase.
Her four-year contract expired June 30, and late last year she told, Brig. Gen. Warner I. Sumpter, the school board president at the time, that she would not be seeking another four-year contract.
However, after the pandemic hobbled the search for a new superintendent, the board announced in March that Salmon had agreed to stay if a replacement could not be found by July 1. Then just a few weeks later, the board announced it was keeping Salmon for another year...

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