Saturday, September 23, 2000
Schools chief gets positive review
By Andrea Tortora
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Cincinnati Public Schools Superintendent Steven Adamowski received a vote of confidence this week when the Board of Education gave him a positive evaluation and recommended a raise of up to 10 percent.
The board gave the review in a closed session Wednesday. Results were released Friday.
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Board President Rick Williams said the board is pleased with Mr. Adamowski's leadership in many areas, including high school redesign, a mandatory summer school to strengthen student reading, redesigning low-performing schools and working with the teachers union to create a performance-based pay system.
“We are excited about the future of the district,” Mr. Williams said. “We can recognize improvements and we know what to do more of.”
The board will vote at a future meeting on a raise. Mr. Adamowski's contract calls for a raise between 1 percent and 10 percent. His salary is $136,200, and he is in the third year of a three-year contract. He declined a raise last year because of budget cuts.
The board found the district improved in 18 of 30 academic indicators and six of nine other measures. The district also meets six state report card standards, more than any other large Ohio school district.
Board members said they were pleased with the “surprise” payoffs of several programs, Mr. Williams said. Summer school saw 61 percent of third-graders passing a state reading test — more than expected. The district was also selected for nearly $2 million from the William and Melinda Gates Foundation to implement its high school restructuring.
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