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More than $150,000 for the school district’s superintendent

Executive compensation report released showing School District 52’s top three employees
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School District 52 releases its compensation for the 2016-2017 school year. (Pixabay photo)

For the first time the school district has released funding details for three of its top paid employees.

“The superintendent has always been reported. When the wage freeze for exempt staff was lifted and districts were permitted to provide limited increases to exempt staff, two other employees crossed over the $125,000 threshold to be included in the executive compensation report,” said Cameron McIntyre, secretary-treasurer for School District 52, in an email.

For the 2016-2017 school year, superintendent Sandra Jones (now retired) received $152,946, up from $141,500 from the 2015-2016 year. McIntyre receive $130,359, and Kenneth Minette received $130,359 as the assistant superintendent (he is now the superintendent for the district).

The district’s compensation philosophy states that it must recruit and retain qualified management:

“School District 52 (Prince Rupert) is a small, rural district on the North Coast of British Columbia and serves the public education needs of the communities of Prince Rupert, Port Edward, Metlakatla and Hartley Bay. While living in our communities presents an attractive lifestyle choice for some, there is no question that recruitment and retention of qualified staff, especially at the executive level, is an ongoing concern.”

To put the school district’s compensation into perspective, the Coast Mountains district (Kitimat, Terrace) superintendent and CEO received $153,945, and in the Bulkley Valley district the superintendent received $145,377.

School District Budget

The district will see less revenue in the operating budget as a result of changes in funding protection. This will impact the 2018-19 budget. The school district’s first consultation meeting on the annual budget was on Jan. 31, 2018.

On Feb. 13, the school board approved the Amended Annual Budget for 2017-18. The updates include enrolment, staffing and any changes in revenue. The two per cent increase in the consolidated budget, includes operating, capital funds with the majority of the increase going to special purpose funds.

“The largest change in the special purpose funds was for the Classroom Enhancement Fund, which is the money targeted by the Ministry of Education to fund the restoration of the class size and composition language to the teacher collective agreement,” Cam McIntyre said in an email explaining this year’s budget.



shannon.lough@thenorthernview.com

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