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Iline Tracey.
Interim Superintendent Iline Tracey’s newly signed contract doesn’t come with an official end date, allowing the Board of Education flexibility to pick another successor quickly or keep her on permanently.
“It may happen sooner, or it may happen later,” Darnell Goldson, the board’s president, said of when Tracey’s three-page agreement, made official last week, might be terminated.
Described as the “qualified individual” the Board of Ed wants running the school system “while the search is being conducted,” Tracey will be paid an annual salary of $225,000, plus $6,750 for a tax-sheltered annuity. She’ll also keep all her current fringe benefits, and she’ll get a car.
The contract states explicitly that Tracey “will be permitted to apply for the position of successor Superintendent.”
But just in case it picks someone else, the board will keep her former position as assistant superintendent for instructional leadership open.
And just in case it sticks with her, the board will evaluate Tracey on how she’s performing as interim superintendent by June 2020.
“If we decide that we are going to continue with her as the permanent superintendent, we have a process in place for evaluating her service up to that date, which would allow us to set goals for the future and talk about where we saw weaknesses and strengths,” Goldson explained.
This week, Mayor-Elect Justin Elicker said he expected Tracey “is going to bring that stability” back to a district that’s seen four leaders in the last three years.
Give Dr. Tracey time to get the district stabilized and have time to recover from what's been a traumatic organizational experience. There's no rush for a new Superintendent, plus we now have a new Mayor, so I hope the BOE leaves her in place, supports her efforts, and gets out of the way so she can do what needs to be done. Along the way, she'll let us know if she's a serious candidate for the job. Good luck Dr. Tracey!