ASD Superintendent Leaving For Sabbatical

Allentown OKs $114K-a-year sabbatical for retiring schools leader
By Jim Deegan | For lehighvalleylive.com

"It granted Mayo a sabbatical for all of 2016-17 and agreed to pay him 60 percent of his salary, or $114,000. "I have been under a doctor's care for several years now," the 68-year-old said...."



My Comments About The Article AboveThe sabbatical will end on the same day his contract. Careful what you wish for. Although he had supporters the union, several board directors and student walkouts called for his dismissal. I don't see how this is a good thing. Taxpayers will now be paying as much as $30,000 to a head hunter for his replacement. Once one is appointed no doubt that person's salary will be well north of $100,000+. Mayo will receive salary plus benefits while on sabbatical. All this will cost taxpayers in the neighborhood of 1/2 million dollars over the next twelve months.

Someone worth their salt would take into account the lack of support from students, the teachers union and certain school board members Mayo received before considering taking on these huge challenges. At the end of the day, same teachers, same students, same tax base and same budget woes made even worse by this. I'm not too hopeful a hero at the top of their game will sweep in saving the day.

The whole is made up of it's parts. These problems began long before Mayo took charge and they will for a long time after he leaves. Until parents, students and the union come to realize they are part of the problems challenging this school district nothing is going to change.