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CONTRACTFOR THE SUPERINTENpE-fiT oF.scHools

.SEYMQUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS

It is hereby agreed this 6th day of June, 2011, by and between the Board of Education of the Town ofS"ymour, tocaieO in the State of conneiticut, (irereinafter referred to as the "Board") and Christine Syriac(hereinafter referred to as "superintendent") that:1.) EMPLOYMENTThe said Board hereby does employ Christine $yriac, 9ld t.h" accepts employment, as$uperintendent of Schoois of Seymoui'ufon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth,TERMJuly 1 ,z}llthrough June.30{h,2015. The annual contract yearis.defined as.a twelve month periodcommencing .aci;July t*,. tne Board, with mutual consent of the Superlntendent, may agree toextend the contract in one (1) year increments not to exceed a contract period greaterthan three (3)years.DUTIESa,) The Superintendent agrees to faithfully perform..her duties in service as Chief Executive Officerof the goard of Educition. Such duties shall be performed in accordance with the writtenpolicies of the Board and the laws of the $tate of connecticut.b,) The Board shall provide the Superintendent with the opportunity to discuss with them herperformance at least once during each contract year, or more often at the option of thebuperintendent and/or the Board. fne Superintendent shall be entitled, upon request,- to awritten statemeni of t'tur performance within the school system. Evaluation of theSuperintendent's performance shall b* r*.o*plished no later than June 30h of each year.TERMINATIONa.) This contract may be terminated by mutualwritten consent at any time'b.) Throughout the term of this contract, the Superintend.ent shall be subjeci to dismissal for good andjust cause provided the Board does not aci arbitrarily, capriciously and/or without rational basisin fact, The Board shall provide the $uperintendent with statements in writing of its reasons fordismissal. The Superintendent shail have an opportunity to respond to the stated reasons fordismissal.c.) The Superintendent may terminate this contract at any time,

provided the Superintendent hasgiven ai least three (3) months' notice to the Board'

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5.) FR.rrlLcE.E_E_NEF|TSa.) The Superintendent shall be entitled to all benefits granted to the Seymour AdministratorsAssociation which are not otherwise specified in this contract,b.) The Superintendent shall be entitled to vacation of up to a maximum of twenty-five (25) days inone contract year. Such vacation may be taken as earned or up to a maximum of five (5) daysper year may be carried over to the next contract year, In no event, however, will the

Superintendent accrue and/or use more than thirty (30) vacation days in any one contractyear. Such vacation time shall be exclusive of legal holidays recognized by the Board. Thebuperintendent or her estate shatl be entitled to payment for up to thirty (30) days of earnedaccumulated unused vacation days upon her death or cessation of services with the SeymourSchool System,c.) The Superintendent shall be entitled to already accrued sick leave earned in the SeymourPublic Schools.d.) The Board mandates that the Superintendent of Schools will attend the AASA Major EducationalConference each year during this contract, with expenses for one (1) person to be paid forby the Board.e,) The Superintendent will atso attend another major conference of her choice during thiscontract, with expenses for one (1) person to be paid for by the Board.f.) Retirement Longevity lncentive Allowance will be paid upon retirement to the Superintendent ifshe completes at least ten years of continuous service in Seymour as a teacher or administrator.Said compensation shall be based on the Superintendent's annual salary at the time ofretirement and shall be for four (4) months salary if said Superintendent has accumulatedseventy-five (75) sick days, and five (5) months salary if said SupErintendent has accumulatedone hundred (100) sick days.

ln addition, upon retirement as outlined in $ection f. above, the Board wilt pay one third of thehealth insurance premium cost associated with health insurance plan(s) currently being offered tothe Superintendent and her eligible dependent(s).g.) Monthly travel stipend of $150 to be paid quarterly.

h.) The Board shall pay premiums on term life insurance on the life of the Superintendent at theamount equal to three (3) times the base salary of the Superintendent.i.) Except as otherwise may be provided herein, all benefits in this contract shall be paid during theterm of this agreement,

REr MBURSEME.NI- FOR EXPENSESSubject to the budget appropriation and Board policy, the Superintendent shall be reimbursed forout-of-pocket expenses incurred in the performance of her professional duties,

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t.) CO[IFENSATIONFcr the period of July 1, ?01? thr*ugh June 30rh, 2015, th* $uperintendent sheli be paid an annualbase salary comprisecl of two pa*s:o ?012-13 (July 1,2012 -June 30,2013) --- $163,47il bsse salary cf v''hich $7,500 rnay be defetredto an elective {ax-s}reltererl annuity "pur$**nt to a valid and legally binding salary reduc{ionagr*em*nt to be paid to a tax-sheliered annuity seNectecl by the superinteneient".e 2013-14 {July 1, 2013 * June 30, 2014} --- {base salary from 2012-2013 plus ?,5%) of which$7,500 may be cleferred to an elective tax-shelt*r*d annuity "pl,r$uant tn a valid and legallybindlng s*l*ry reduction agrecment ta be paicl ta a tax-sheliered annuity *elect*d by thesup*rintendent",

* ?014-J 5 {July I , 2S14 - June 30, 201 5} --- A % increase abov* the 201 3-2014 base salary i*[:e rregctiated of whicll sn sm*unt to be n*gotiated nray h* cieferred to an eleciive tax-sireitered annuity "pur$uant ts a valid and legatly hinding salary reduetion agreement to bepaid to a tax-*helt*reci annility s*le*ted i:y the $uperirttendent". ln no event shalithe salaryfor the third year of this contract be less ihan the salary for the imrnediately preceding p*riad,Any adjustment in salary rnade durir"lg ihe life cf this contraci shall hecome part of thiscontl"act. lt is providecl, l"l*wevel, lhat by so cicing, ii shall nat be eonsid*ted that the Boardhas entereri into a new ccntract with ihe $up*rintendent, or that the terminatian date of theexisting contract has been ext*nded.

8^) CQNCLUSICINThis contract contains the entire agr*em*nt by and hstween the Board and the $uperintendent" ltmay nct be arnendeci orally, but nray be amended by an agreem*nt in writing, signed by both partiesand attached hereto. lmrn*diately ilpon signing, it will sr-rpersede *l{ prior agreements b*tween theparties.

tN WITN*$$ WHHlqFilF, the und*rsigned harre executed this contract the day and year aforesaid.

Chairnian, B*atd of Educaticn

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Approvecl by the Board of Education on June S, 2011 at a regular rneeting,

$uirerintendent of $chools