Lowndes County School District is finalizing contract details with incoming superintendent Sam Allison.
According to the terms, Allison will serve the next 3 1/2 years at an annual salary of $115,000, Board Attorney Jeff Smith told The Dispatch on Friday. That’s less than the $127,500 outgoing superintendent Lynn Wright was paid.
Allison, who has served as New Hope Middle School principal since 2006, will begin his tenure as the district’s first board-appointed superintendent on Jan. 1. He will replace Wright, who has served since 2011 as a publicly elected superintendent.
A state law change in 2016 made it mandatory for school boards to hire superintendents by January 2020, rather than the position be elected. Wright applied to keep his job, but he was not selected.
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