The Broward School Board held special meeting to vote on the new superintendent’s contract inside the Board Room at the Kathleen C. Lori Alhadeff, board chair, right, holds a plaque of appreciation as former interim superintendent, Earlean Smiley, vacates her seat with flowers and a pat on the back from Debra Hixon, vice chair, right.
“I’ve been an expectant father for the past three weeks - a father waiting to give birth to this job,” said Licata, 58. The Broward School Board pushed Cartwright to move south from Orlando before she took the job.
The board also forced Licata to move from Palm Beach County to Broward, as opposed to how the Miami-Dade School Board allowed Superintendent Jose Dotres to live in Broward instead of Miami-Dade when he was named superintendent in January 2022. (A new board rescinded Cartwright’s firing in December, then agreed in January to mutually part ways with her.)įROM LAST YEAR: Broward School Board members appointed by DeSantis fire superintendent a week before they leave The board refused, but agreed to consider the issue again in a year. The Broward School Board unanimously approved a three-year contract for newly hired superintendent Peter Licata on Tuesday, agreeing to pay him an annual salary of $350,000 with the possibility of an additional $20,000 in performance bonuses - but denying his request to harden the requirements to fire him without cause.įollowing the abrupt, controversial dismissal of former Superintendent Vickie Cartwright in November, Licata had asked the board to increase the number of the board members needed to terminate him, to require a 6-3 super majority instead of the previous 5-4 majority.
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