School Board Hires New Superintendent

When Rod Green appeared before the Central Bucks community on July 10, he promised to bring transparency to school district decisions and help build a new spirit of trust and cooperation between the school board and the community.

On Tuesday night, the Michigan educator got that job.

The Central Bucks School Board voted unanimously to hire Dr. Green, who is the superintendent of the East China School District in Michigan.

Board members said it was an historic night for Central Bucks, which will be under new administrative leadership for the first time in two decades. Dr. N. Robert Laws is retiring this year.

"I think we have a very capable candidate," school board president Paul Faulkner said. "I think we’re going to be in good hands, even though we have big shoes to fill."

Board member Steve Corr said the response he got from people who met Green at the community public forum was all positive.

"After the meeting, I got a lot of very positive feedback," Cor said. "Every question that was asked, he was able to answer. I thought the night itself was really good."

Green will start work on Oct. 1. Laws will stay on to open school after Labor Day and until Green arrives.

Green's annual salary was set at $225,000; the contract approved Tuesday runs from October 1, 2012 to July 30, 2016.

Other contract highlights include:

• annual salary increases equal to the Act 1 cap, not to exceed 2.5 percent
• merit bonus of 1.5 percent to 5 percent of salary, based on meeting various objectives
• contribution of $12,000 each year to a 403 (b) retirement account

According to the contract, if Green wants to later resign the job, he would have to give 150 days' notice to the board.

Similarly, if the board later wants to dismiss him, it would have to give one year's notice or pay his salary for a year from the date of dismissal.

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