This came in from Dan Wever:
How much is the EPISD really paying their Superintendent?
Three areas need to be looked at to determine what this figure might look like. The first area is EPISD expenses that reimburse the Superintendent for anything that he spends doing the district’ work. No figure is available for this expense.
The second area is his salary. Here is a chart of his salary to date from his September 2013 arrival date.
226 Days in Contract
2013-2014 = $285,000.00
2014-2015 = $291,555.00
2015-2016 = $303,326.53
2016-2017 = $348,825.51
Note a 15% raise was given January 17th, 2017
If teachers get a raise this year the Superintendent will get same percentage increase.
Example If Teachers get a 2% raise it will be about $1,100 while the superintendent will get about $7,000.
Before this happens, in 4 years, the Superintendent has gotten raises of $63,845 or $15,961.25 per year.
Teachers have gotten about $3,200 with a possible raise this year which the superintendent will also get as stated above.
The third area is BENEFITS
All figures are in Annual payments
Automobile Allowance -__–$18,000
Telephone Allowance ——$14,000
Incidental Employee Incidental Benefits———-$30,000
Disability Insurance ——=–$8,488
$1,000,000 Term Insurance policy———— $2,355
Annuity Benefit————————-$20,000
Texas Teacher Retirement TRS—————-$25,300
Administrative Benefits –Same Holidays as other 12-month employees
Vacation Days 20——–$26,840
Leave Days 20——–$26,840
The total for these benefit payments is ——————$171,623 which is 49% of his base salary.
Teachers and other employees have benefits of about 12%.
But then again you still have to add the “Gifts” the trustees gave him on his new 15% increase contract.
15 extra vacation days so he could work at another job and still be paid by the EPISD. Many other districts allow their superintendents to give speeches and consult for money but most use their vacation days and most only get about 10 not 35 like ours. When he wants to go work and earn some extra money he tells the President of the board, she OK’s it and the district gives him one of the extra vacation days, pays him $1,543 for the day off and lets him go to work someplace else. Does this sound nuts? Well, it is! In his contract, it says “Except as provided in this Contract, the Superintendent agrees to devote his full time, skill, labor, and attention to the performance of these duties in a faithful, diligent and efficient manner.” This was before any changes to his contract.
15 extra days so he could work at a second job and 20 extra sick days so he would have a cushion if he gets sick. What is funny about his cushion is that the EPISD is paying him $1,543 a day for the cushion on top of paying for the disability insurance that he is putting off going on with the cushion he was given.
15 extra vacation days cost $23,145
20 extra sick days cost $30,860
Which increases his benefit payments to $225,828 or 65% of his base pay.
Base salary and Benefits total ————$574,673
And this, of course, does not count all of the civic and professional activities he is allowed to participate in.
Of course, this total amount will not be quite as high next year because the 20 sick days “gift” (my view of these 20 Days)”gift”.
How much would a superintendent in Houston have to be making in salary and benefits to be equal to El Paso ISD’s superintendent?
Cost of Living Comparison:
El Paso, Texas – Houston, Texas
A salary of $574,673 in El Paso, Texas should increase to $703,218 in Houston, Texas
I think the EPISD can easily say we have the highest paid superintendent in the state of TEXAS
Is it not always good to try to be number one not when you are using our children’s money!
I am reporting this mess to TEA.
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Brutus
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