After reading the fine print of Dr. Glass’ contract, the Board of Education paid a high, and barely transparent, price to have him as our Superintendent.
At first glance the salaries of Dan and Jason appear relatively close – $220k + $40k bonus for Dan and a $265k salary for Jason. These are the numbers you are most likely to hear.
However, Dan only earned bonuses of $9k, $20k and $27k averaging to $238,667 per year for his three years as Superintendent, not close to $260k.
In addition, Jason was also given a 7% tax free annuity worth $18,550 in his first year, 9 additional days of vacation per year worth $11,942, a $9,000 yearly car allowance and a personal PERA reimbursement increase over Dan of $2,106.
That is a roughly estimated $67,932 increase in salary and benefits cost over Dan in the first year and doesn’t even include smartphone, tablet, laptop, associated monthly charges, yearly cost of living increases and uncapped moving and temporary housing expenses for up to six months (who agrees to a contract with uncapped expenses?).
That’s a really big increase for a Superintendent with a track record of under-achieving academic performance in Eagle County, a district 12 times smaller than Jeffco, and especially since the contract does not include any improvement incentives.
We can only hope he does better here.