At last night’s joint meeting of the Union 26 and Regional School Committees*, ARPS Finance Director Doug Slaughter was appointed interim superintendent, effective 9/1/23, backfilling Michael Morris who separated from the districts as of 8/31/23.
The committees’ intention is to have Doug serve as interim superintendent for the 23-24 school year, while the committees implement a search for a permanent superintendent.
The votes to appoint Doug interim superintendent, to lower his compensation from the proposed $173,611.10 annualized salary to $170,000, and to approve his contract, were all unanimous.
Doug is now on an unpaid leave of absence from his finance director role, while he serves as interim superintendent. The committees and Doug will next need to determine how to backfill his finance director responsibilities.
This is the second time Doug has been appointed to fill the superintendent role. In May, he was appointed acting superintendent while the superintendent was on medical leave.
*For a refresher on the various school committees, see my previous blog post Amherst has two school committees?
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