Racine’s 3 Superintendent Finalists Were all Bought Out of their Contracts

Pete Selkowe:

Let’s put this in perspective:
When Tom Hicks, Racine Unified School District superintendent, was eased out last fall, he took with him about $200,000 in salary and benefits just for going away. The district paid the final year of his contract without Hicks having to work for it.
That’s chicken feed compared to the payout received in 2006 by one of RUSD’s three superintendent finalists when she was forced to resign. She got $279,000 — a year’s salary of more than $155,000, another $56,000 for benefits earned but not taken, and an extra $68,000. Plus, the board agreed to buy her $327,000 home.