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OUSD Superintendent’s New Contract Totals $452,500, Includes 3-Month Paid Sabbatical
As Oakland schools struggle with a rocky opening of the new school year amid a continuing pandemic that is spreading among students and teachers, the Board of Education kicked off the season by extending Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell’s contract to 2025 and gave her a paid three-month sabbatical, from April through June 2022.
As Oakland schools struggle with a rocky opening of the new school year amid a continuing pandemic that is spreading among students and teachers, the Board of Education kicked off the season by extending Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell’s contract to 2025 and gave her a paid three-month sabbatical, from April through June 2022.
The Board of Education voted unanimously to pass Johnson-Trammell’s new contract at their August 11 meeting, the first in-person board meeting in over a year This new agreement, which replaces the revised contract passed in April 2020, does not change her salary.
Johnson-Trammell’s base salary is $294,000 for 2020-2021. She also earns a $13,299.96 stipend, plus $97,942.20 in district-paid benefits, which include health, vision and dental; and $47,340 in fringe benefits, which includes an annual longevity payment.
The superintendent’s total employment agreement this year will cost $452,582.16.
According to a memo from the Board President Shanthi Gonzales and Vice President Sam Davis, “The new employment contract would ensure leadership stability…Superintendent leadership stability in Oakland is long overdue and is the key to becoming an effective school district.”
The three-month sabbatical, which is unique in California, “is a key component of ensuring leadership stability,” according to the school board leaders.
A longtime Oakland educator, Johnson-Trammell has served as superintendent of the Oakland Unified School District since June 1, 2017. Her original contract was set to expire in June 2021 and was extended by the board in April 2020, with a three-year contract that would have continued her employment until June 2023.
Under the salary provisions of the April 2020 contract, which are unchanged, her base salary increased from $280,000 by $14,000 to $294,000 in 2020-2021. In 2021-2022, she is eligible for a $16,800 raise and $19,600 in 2022-2023.
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