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Administrators’ contract amended in District U-46

By Seth Hancock
  The Board of Education in School District U-46 approved of amending the current administrators’ employment contract at its meeting on Monday, July 18.
  The vote was 6-0, board member Melissa Owens was absent.
  The resolution approving of the amendments stated the administrators’ employment contract is issued yearly by the board.
  The contracts pertain to all administrators who received a yearly contract for the upcoming school year in 2022-2023, according to the resolution. Administrators who worked in the 2021-2022 school year were informed that they would either be offered employment or they would not be renewed for the 2022-2023 school year in writing in June.
  “The Contract form has to be amended from time to time by the Board of Education to reflect legal changes or changes it deems necessary…. A number of changes have to be made to the current Contract form to reflect legal changes or changes that the Board of Education deems necessary,” the resolution states.
  Mark Moore, assistant superintendent for human resources, detailed the changes to the contract which included effectively a bonus for administrators willing to return for work in 2022-2023. That bonus was offered to other staff as well.
  “The changes are minor,” Moore said. “We have increased some 224-day administrators to 229 days. So, this adds that to the contract that hadn’t been in existence before.”
  Moore added: “As you offered for some other employee groups, there’s a $1,000 payment for administrators who worked last year and are continuing this year. So, it adds that as a benefit now only. That one expires automatically once it’s paid.”