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Letters: Let’s not celebrate a superintendent who stayed 1 year
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By Linda Magee
Dysart Unified School District Superintendent Jim Dean leaving after such a short stay at the helm should not be celebrated but instead be penalized.
While he may have done an excellent job for the few months and his previous asstistant superintendent job, this is something that the DUSD Governing Board should have known he was a key member of the AIA Board and what his longevity and career commitments would be before offering him the superintendent job.
Why was this not known and a penalty clause inserted into the contract?
The previous superintendent was outrageously paid and in my opinion with leave buyback was making over $300,000 per year.
While a superintendent is important, they are not an island onto themselves or a mayor of their own fiefdom, ie DUSD. They instead must be paid in the range of $120,000 salary and another 50,000 in benefits, including what DUSD pays into the superintendent AZ state retirement fund and their vacation.
