State Board Finalizes Agreement with Flanagan; Superintendent Takes Voluntary Pay Reduction
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Martin Ackley, Public Information Officer (517) 241-4395
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July 13, 2005
BLOOMFIELD HILLS – The State Board of Education approved on Tuesday the employment agreement with new State Superintendent of Public Instruction Michael P. Flanagan.
The agreement, which runs until May 1, 2008, authorizes an annual salary of $168,300 for Flanagan, who volunteered to take a five percent ($8,415) pay reduction in deference to the budget deficits the state has experienced. He will be evaluated annually by the State Board, using criteria developed by the State Board and agreed upon by Flanagan.
The State Board approved the agreement at its monthly meeting, held this month at the Doyle Center in the Bloomfield Hills Public Schools. Flanagan officially began his duties as Superintendent on July 3. The State Board appointed him on May 18. He spent the next month taking care of commitments he had as Executive Director of the Michigan Association of School Administrators and the Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators.
The State Board also on Tuesday approved the agenda for its July 28 meeting focusing on improving outcomes for high school students.
The meeting, to be held at Erickson Hall on the campus of Michigan State University, will include presentations and discussion on creating the culture of education; the importance of high quality high school preparation in a global economy; Michigan’s current status; national and international high school expectations; what Michigan needs to do; promising models of high schools; and implications for Michigan’s education policy.
While recognizing the importance and urgency to create high quality high schools that prepare Michigan students for successful post-secondary learning, State Board of Education President Kathleen N. Straus said the Board wants to use this first meeting to set the stage for the issues.
“We have to educate people as to why we need this,” she said. “The recommendations that come may be extraordinary.”
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