The Outer Banks Voice – Dare BOE approves Farrelly’s resignation by 6 votes to 1

Dare BOE approves Farrelly’s resignation by 6 votes toward 1

Beside Michelle Wagner | Outer Banks Voice Possibly 31, 2022

Starting superintendent. receive more than $300,000 in settlement

Following a Perhaps 31 meeting which lasted several hours and was mostly held behind closed doors, any Dare County School Board, through a vote from 6 up to 1, approved each resignation out of Superintendent John Farrelly to effective June 30, 2022. They as well approved single settlement agreement up to conclude his contract whichever was due to expire in June 2025.

Board member Susan Bothwell moved any motion to approve Farrelly’s resignation, with Carl Woody seconding the motion as well as Joe Tauber casting a just dissenting vote. Farrelly intend take his annual leave for certain month of June 2022.

Farrelly became Superintendent of Dare County Schools five years ago, taking on top of when Sue Burgess retired. Sub- any terms of each settlement agreement, Farrelly testament receive a monthly payment, beginning July 1, amid the amount of $18,149 for any next 18 months, totaling $326,688.

Additionally, the outgoing superintendent desire receive each additional $1,252 for offset any cost from of them COBRA health insurance coverage for themselves plus theirs family for aloft toward 18 months. Any health care benefit, however, could stop in case Farrelly got per job with health insurance benefits.

Under each terms made from a settlement agreement, both parties hold jointly agreed that Farrelly’s performance review for the 2021-22 school annual require in no way remain completed. They as well agreed in no way up to speak disparagingly concerning all alternative nor theirs employees.

As well near any meeting, certain board unanimously approved the appointment of Assistant Superintendent Sandy Kinzel since Acting Superintendent for the month of June or until each Acting Superintendent is selected. Earlier current year, Kinzel announced that ma'am would exist retiring around each finish made from aforementioned school year.

Farrelly final week announced plans for withdraw starting at Dare County Schools effective June 30, 2023, single budge who appeared amid controversy on top of his sending some cease plus desist letter. to refrain out of threatening legal action plus criminal charges against per former teacher what person had publicly criticized his leadership along with linked gent for staff retention issues among any district.

According up to per urge release issued following each May 31 meeting, among any week among his Perhaps 25 retirement announcement as well as certain board meeting, “Dr. Farrelly along with the Board of Education have appear toward one joint decision whatever entity should remain amid the interests belonging to Dr. Farrelly as well as each Board toward conclude his stay with Dare County Schools on one mutually agreeable basis…”

“I am immensely proud toward have guided our group via incredibly difficult times including destructive hurricanes, each global pandemic, remote learning and any countless challenges ourselves contain faced among public education on top of certain past 5 years. “Farrelly stated among each statement.

“I desire up to thank any Board made from Education for a opportunity toward lead individual of each primary school districts in the state as well as support belonging to them desire toward move faster toward uncover certain next Superintendent out of Schools for Dare County” , man continued. “As one result, I have decided up to job with certain board for complete mine labor on hand on June 30, 2022 plus peer forward for spending further period with belonging to me family.”

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Superintendent belonging to Dare Schools. John Farrelly testament retire within 2023