Superintendent's contract torn up and replaced with a five-year deal

What happened

In October 2025 the board rescinded superintendent Nelyda Perez's existing employment contract by mutual agreement and approved a new one running retroactively from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2030. The Committee of the Whole handled it on October 13 and the Regular Action Meeting formally approved it on October 27 by seven votes to none with two members absent, with members reading statements of support and noting the new terms reduced her overall compensation across the five years. By April 2026 the minutes refer to her as Dr. Perez.

Why it matters to families

A five-year contract settles who runs the district through the whole redistricting programme and the bond referendum the board is targeting for 2027, so it tells families who will be accountable for both. The board's own note that compensation went down over the term is the unusual part and worth knowing.

The evidence

The October 27, 2025 Regular Action Meeting minutes record: 'Be It Resolved that the existing employment contract between the Board of Education and Superintendent of Schools, Nelyda Perez, is hereby rescinded by mutual agreement; Be It Further Resolved that a new employment contract for Superintendent of Schools, Nelyda Perez, is hereby approved for a term retroactive to July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2030,' approved seven votes to none. Board statements at the same meeting cite an overall reduction in compensation over the term.

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