School Board Votes On Superintendent Raise
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After months of debate, the Jackson-Madison County School Board has decided its new interim superintendent, Buddy White, should get a raise. Board members case a 6-to-3 vote in favor of the raise, Thursday night. “So why are we at this early stage requesting or asking for a raise? He has already received a raise,” said board member Joe Mays. White has been interim superintendent for about four months. White made $103,000 when he started the job. Now he will make $116,000. Some board members were upset, because White received a raise when he was promoted to superintendent in the first place. “It does concern me greatly when we’ve got people out of work in this community, people are struggling,” said board member Bob Alvey. But those board members who voted for the increase said his new salary is still nowhere near the previous superintendent’s salary. They said White is doing a good job and deserves a bump in pay. “I feel like he needs to be fairly compensated by the amount of work that he has done, and he’s continuing to do,” said board member George Neely. Last month, the board voted that it would put off the search for a permanent district leader, without setting a date for when the search would begin again. And at this meeting, it was not decided either. So for now, they are sticking with White. His new salary is retro-active, meaning he will get back pay from October 1. On Thursday night, board members also received packets with a local group’s charter school application. They will vote on whether they will approve the charter school next week.
