Williamstown-Lanesborough Elementaries OK Superintendent Contract
 The Superintendency Union 71 votes to accept a contract with incoming Superintendent Douglas Dias; Mount Greylock Regional School District is expected to follow suit on Wednesday. |
On Monday morning, the elementary school committee members who compose the joint Superintendency Union 71 committee met and unanimously approved a three-year deal for Douglas Dias.
The contract faces another vote for approval on Wednesday morning, when the Mount Greylock Regional School Committee meets at 9 a.m. at the junior-senior high school.
Dias would be paid $150,000 in the first year of the contract with increases to be negotiated by him and the school districts in succeeding years.
SU71 includes Williamstown Elementary School and Lanesborough Elementary School. The union and the Mount Greylock Regional School District share central administrative services under the Tri-District umbrella.
On Monday morning, the three members of the Williamstown committee who serve on the SU71 panel met with two of the three Lanesborough members to review the contract. All three elected Lanesborough Committee members serve on the SU71 panel, but James Moriarty was not able to attend the meeting.
After an approximately 45-minute executive session to review the contract, the five committee members reconvened and voted on the agreement.
In addition to the $150,000 salary, the district agreed to pay $100 per month for Dias' use of a cellular phone, $2,500 to cover relocation expenses from eastern Massachusetts, where he currently is principal at Medway High School, and $1,000 per year for travel in and between the towns of Williamstown and Lanesborough.
Dias will be the chief executive officer for the two elementary schools and Mount Greylock — responsible for hiring, firing and supervising employees in the district, among other duties.
He will answer to SU71 and Mount Greylock, referred to as the "hiring entities" in the eight-page contract.
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