Is $80,000 for Superintendent to Leave the Right Move?
Some believe the payments as agreed upon are necessary for the district and Conrad Farner to head in their respective directions. Others wish the money could be used on something else.
The Greenfield School Board agreeing to pay Greenfield Superintendent Conrad Farner $80,000 in a tax-sheltered annuity as agreed upon through a separation agreement Monday has received mixed reviews. There are those who believe the money should have remained in the district. Said Greenfield Patch user “Robert”: "Isn't $80,000 about what a teacher makes with benefits? So we paid someone the value of a teaching position so they would go away and take a job that they were already going to take?" Patch user “Jen” said: “He should not have received the tax annuity. Greenfield is tight on money as it is.” Even Greenfield School Board president Bruce Bailey, the only board member to vote against the agreement, told Patch Farner “shouldn’t get a …
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8:15 am on Sunday, January 13, 2013
I agree with "A concerned parent" a serious look into the rest of the administrative hierarchy is needed. I am sure those offices are stuffed with more of the same. more ›