NC County Extends Superintendent's Six-Figure Contract

Broke news that a Lee County public school teacher instructed her students to contact state lawmakers in opposition to budget cuts, the school system’s board of education extended the contract for the superintendent who OK’d the assignment.

That’s led to criticism from conservative elected officials in Lee County who suggest that politics motivated the renewal.

“It’s smelly all the way around,” said Linda Shook, chair of the county commissioners.

Leaders of the board of education, however, say politics never entered the equation, and that the renewal was a “vote of confidence” in the superintendent.

A copy of the contract ( PDF download ) obtained by CJ shows that superintendent Jeffrey Moss earns a salary of $162,412, plus a $1,000-per month car allowance, a $1,200-per month housing allowances, and $18,000 in deferred compensation deposited into an interest-bearing account.

On June 14, the school board voted 5-2 to extend Moss’ contract an additional year — from 2014 to 2015. The renewal doesn’t include a compensation increase.

By comparison, the Wake County Public School System’s superintendent, Anthony Tata, makes $255,164 per year in salary and Charlotte-Mecklenburg School’s superintendent, Peter Gorman, makes $267,150 per year in salary

WCPSS serves 143,289 students in 163 schools; CMS has 133,600 students in 176 schools. Lee County Schools has 9,654 students enrolled in 16 schools.

Assignment brawl

Moss drew criticism earlier in June when it was revealed that a Lee County public school teacher directed her third-grade class to write elected officials in opposition to budget cuts. One of the students is the daughter of state Rep. Mike Stone, R-Lee.

In a hand-written note, she implored Stone to “put the budget higher dad” so that her school wouldn’t have to forgo field trips, be unprepared for end-of-grade tests, and lay off teacher assistants. The story made national headlines.

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RALEIGH — A week after Carolina Journal broke news that a Lee County public school teacher instructed her students to contact state lawmakers in opposition to budget cuts, the school system's board of education extended the contract



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Kannapolis City Schools have fired 114 educators; Harnett County, 88, most of them teacher assistants; Duplin County, 210; and Lee County, 50. Our universities and community colleges also plan to lay off thousands. NC Central University just announced



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"It's unconscionable to know any education system would use a daughter against her father." I'll let Stone deal with his anger, which I'm sure means little to the parents of schoolchildren in Lee County and North Carolina.



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AFP NC Calls For Firing of Lee County Schools Superintendent ...

North Carolina State Director of Americans for Prosperity Dallas Woodhouse and Lee County chapter leader Lloyd Jennings today called for the immediate firing of Lee County School Superintendent Jeffrey Moss after he instructed the 3rd grade class of Representative Mike Stone’s daughter to write letters to Mr. Stone in opposition of the recently passed no tax increase state budget.

As first reported by WRAL and the Carolina Journal:

Freshman Republican lawmaker Mike Stone says his daughter was “used against” him when a public school teacher instructed her and her classmates to contact elected officials in opposition to budget cuts.

Dallas Woodhouse, North Carolina Director of Americans for Prosperity, said, “A school system should not be run by an authoritarian and arrogant administrator that has clearly shown that using teachers and students as pawns is an acceptable practice. It is the responsibility of the Lee County School Board to make sure that this conduct ends now. The board should request Moss’ resignation, and if it is not forthcoming, he should be terminated for cause.”

“Superintendent Moss’ record prior to coming to Lee County clearly showed that he was more skilled in extracting money from taxpayers than providing a quality education for students. In fact, when he failed to obtain the funding that he wanted, he and the Beaufort County School Board sued taxpayers. It is time that he is told to find another line of work, and it is the duty of the school board to tell him to do so immediately,” said Lloyd Jennings, Chairman, Lee County AFP.

Jennings further added: “Instead of concentrating on educating students in Lee County, school superintendent Jeffrey Moss is forcing teachers and students to become lobbyists. During the last several weeks teachers have been instructing students to send e-mails and letters to state and local government officials, urging them to increase school funding. This is happening while parents are learning that a higher failure rate in the end-of-grade tests has resulted in a record number of students being retested.”

 

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