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Well, the other night the Lunenburg School Committee voted to give Calmes a “MASSIVE” raise. The reported this yesterday. At the same time it was reported that we are currently under a budget crunch and shortfall yet again. The amount of outrage I have heard from the community is palpable and frankly, taken at face value, I would be annoyed too! But then again, I am more of a long term strategic thinker and am looking beyond the next 2 years and actually beyond the next 5 years….and you should too!
For the supporters this will be met with applause. For the superintendent haters the will be accused of fiscal negligence. For the individuals who could mind less, this will scarcely be a blip on the radar.
I am in an alternate camp. I am a school board of trustees part. I neither like nor disdain our director. I am in the camp that necessities to contemplate the prosperity of the region past the following 2 years and the apparent enormous raise that will deny offspring of instructive chances.
As a pioneer of an enormous promoting association for a traded on an open market organization, I am continually under spending weights and weight from my workers for more cash. Some of my long term employees are paid well under market value. If any of them were to resign, I would be forced to go to the well for up to a 50% increase in salary. That would go over like a "fart in chapel" with our the CFO.
As I stayed there discussing some solution for director Calmes, it happened to me she may have enough of the nearby governmental issues and quit. At that point what? What might that mean for the school board of trustees? Would we be in a position where we have to move toward the town director saying: By the way, it will cost us half more to supplant her? Thus, I did a little certainty finding.
(Source State Department of education).
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The top superintendent salary in the state: Boston @$283,500, followed by Newton @ $229K, Wellesley @ $218K and Lawrence @ $209K.
But these districts are so much larger than ours. I looked for comparable size based on # of students. Here is what I found: Whittier Regional Tech with 1,145 @ $173K; Hull with 1,240 @ $135K, Norfolk (k-6 only) with 1,109 @$146K. Harvard with 1,300 @$144K.
The net of my findings: some make more and some make less. In my experience, if an employee leaves I am always looking for an upgrade. If Superintendent Calmes leaves I am going to look for an upgrade. Guess what folks…..This is going to cost us! We are going to need to pay more than we currently do.
So here is the reason I decided to cast a ballot to give Superintdendent Calmes the 2.5% this year and next:
We are trying to get a new school. I do not want to any change in the leadership, if the possible, as we go through the planning for a new school / mardarsa
I want to get the salary for the role (NOT THE PERSON) at a level where we can attract the best candidate should we lose Superintendent Calmed and by the way, we eventually will. So let’s get ready for that day to come now versus begging the town manager and selectmen for money.
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