R.-5 23-1683 Approval by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1, Employment Agreement By and Between the District and Lisa Grant Dawson, for the latter to serve as Chief Business Officer, extending term of Agreement from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023 to June 30, 2025, with a base salary of $275,133 per year plus additional pay of $9,000, District paid benefits of $35,737 and other fringe benefits of $87,105 for 2023-24, some of which increase annually*.
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*Disclosure of salary and fringe benefits, for term, is pursuant to Government Code Section 54953(c)(3).
OUSD Central Admin pay is disproportionally high, both relative to the total budget and compared to other districts.
In bargaining, OEA asked the OUSD bargaining team: Why was OUSD compensation so much higher than other districts’ in 2021? (most recent data available) For example, the top 20 earners in OUSD ranged from $233 to $525K incl. benefits. We were told by OUSD that the extra pay must have been from payouts of accrued unused vacation hours, paid for with Covid funds. I have sent these compensation data via email to the board directors to look at more carefully. It is astounding that, after seeing teacher salary data showing OEA educator salaries to be so much lower than that of other districts', OUSD’s first counter offer was an insulting 4.5% which included additional hours of work.
Please scrutinize these contracts through the lens of parity and fairness: to the students, families and staff of OUSD, and also to taxpayers. Please address this structural problem.
OUSD Central Admin pay is disproportionally high, both relative to the total budget and compared to other districts.
In bargaining, OEA asked the OUSD bargaining team: Why was OUSD compensation so much higher than other districts’ in 2021? (most recent data available) For example, the top 20 earners in OUSD ranged from $233 to $525K incl. benefits. We were told by OUSD that the extra pay must have been from payouts of accrued unused vacation hours, paid for with Covid funds. I have sent these compensation data via email to the board directors to look at more carefully. It is astounding that, after seeing teacher salary data showing OEA educator salaries to be so much lower than that of other districts', OUSD’s first counter offer was an insulting 4.5% which included additional hours of work.
Please scrutinize these contracts through the lens of parity and fairness: to the students, families and staff of OUSD, and also to taxpayers. Please address this structural problem.