Former Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Monifa McKnight will receive a total of $1.3 million under a separation agreement between herself and the Montgomery County Board of Education, according to documents received Friday by MoCo360.
The agreement, which MoCo360 received from the school district after filing a Maryland Public Information Act (MPIA) request, outlines the conditions reached between the two parties when McKnight resigned in February.
In addition to receiving the payment, which also includes legal fees and deferred compensation, McKnight agreed not to sue the school board, to a mutual non-disparagement agreement and secured permission for her son to continue attending county public schools, according to the agreement...
https://moco360.media/2024/03/15/mcps-to-pay-mcknight-1-3-million-in-separation-agreement/
ReplyDeleteThe $1.3 million paid out in the separation agreement represents 0.041% of the proposed MCPS operating budget of 3.164 billion.
$1.3 million is enough to fund 15 full-time teaching positions.
ReplyDeleteAn outrageous amount. To those who say that this actually saved money over litigating, I say that MoCo juries are notoriously stingy. The BOE should have offered much less.
ReplyDeleteThey chose to avoid the litany of theatrics.
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