3/13/13 - Despite headlines in the last week of looming deficits and rejected debt reduction plans, the Brighton Board of Education, acting on a very favorable annual performance evaluation, has given Superintendent Greg Gray a one-year extension on his five year contract. The vote on the extension at Monday night's meeting was 6-0, with Trustee Nick Fiani abstaining. Fiani, elected to a 4-year term last November, said he had not been on the board long enough to be able to properly assess Gray's performance. Board President Miles Vieau said Gray received a 3.75 out of four points overall, which he called "extremely high". Gray received his highest marks, both 4's, in board relationships and professional leadership. In selected additional categories, he got a 3.9 in curriculum and instruction, 3.75 in community relations and personnel, and 3.5 in fiscal management. The extension came as a positive note after an otherwise turbulent week in which the district and state officials differed over how much the districtâs deficit is and the Department of Education rejected the districtâs latest deficit elimination plan. The action extends Gray's contract to June 30th, 2018. Gray currently earns a salary of $138,000, although he voluntarily took a 7% pay cut in 2011 and agreed to pay 15% of his health insurance premiums. He also took a voluntary pay freeze for the current fiscal year due to the state of the district's finances. (JK)
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