POLL: Do You Support Gist’s Contract Extension?
Saturday, June 08, 2013
Following one of the most divisive debates on education in recent history in Rhode Island, the Board of Education yesterday voted to renew Education Commissioner Deborah Gist's contract for two years with a modest pay raise.
Gist, the architect of the successful effort to secure $75 million in federal Race to the Top funding, had been seeking a three-year contract and a four percent annual pay raise.
Do you support the Board of Education's decision?
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