Federal Way Mirror, May 16, 2014

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Sally McLean named interim school district superintendent

members heard internal outpouring of support for McLean to fill the spot that he Federal Way Pubformer Superintendent Rob lic Schools (FWPS) Neu vacated. board of directors “But then we looked selected Sally McLean, inside and we began to assistant superintendent of get a lot of comments and business services, as interim contacts from all over the superintendent in a 4-0 district, and so we made vote during the the decision to offer board’s meeting on a contract to … Sally Tuesday. McLean, to be our McLean’s consuperintendent betract as superintween now and June tendent began 2015,” Gregory said. immediately and is “We will then have a set to run through national search next Sally McLean June 2015. FWPS winter, where we will board president engage a lot of people Carol Gregory exin determining who the next plained the board’s reasonpermanent superintendent ing for selecting McLean as will be.” the interim superintendent, Board member Claire saying that the time for find- Wilson echoed Gregory’s ing and hiring a new supercomments, saying that the intendent isn’t right now. internal support for McLean “In looking at the transito fill Neu’s shoes for the tion, and the leadership time being was overwhelmof this district, one of the ing. things we know is that when “Like Carol said, never you’re hiring superintenhave we had more pings in dents, the critical time to be our email from people not out looking is in the winter,” only wanting to put people Gregory said. “Because by out there, but were worried now, most people have been we would do anything difhired. And so we looked at ferent from that,” she said. “I that question and thought, think not only we as a board ‘Well, we could look for are 150 percent behind you, someone who’s been a but I could say that probsuperintendent who could ably 99.999 percent of the come in and be an interim.’” employees in this district Gregory said board have that faith in you and in BY GREG ALLMAIN

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you as a leader.” “There’s complete confidence that you’re going to take this on and do a fantastic job,” board member Danny Peterson added. McLean said she was happy to take the job, and expressed her gratitude at the outpouring of support and faith in her. “I am both honored by the trust and confidence that Superintendent Neu and the board have expressed in my leadership abilities, and I am humbled by the expressions of respect and support as I begin this journey as the interim superintendent of Federal Way Public Schools,” she said. FWPS provided the Mirror with the contract for McLean’s interim superintendent position. According to the contract, McLean’s annual salary is slated to be $205,000 (benefits and other perks not included). In her current position, McLean makes $134,268 as a base salary, which ratcheted up to approximately $144,000 with other benefits factored in. The district notes that the $160,000 figure cited in the interim superintendent contract was placed there under the assumption that McLean would have been a full deputy superintendent for the district by the time the offer was made to make her interim superintendent. The district notes that her interim compensation is “$28,567 lower than midpoint for superintendent compensation packages for all districts in the state with 20,000 students or more.” McLean has been with the district for nearly 14 years, overseeing the district’s finances for much of that time. Both board members and district administrators have credited her for guiding “the district through the difficult financial terrain of the past dozen years as the district endured $30 million in financial reductions from the state.” McLean has also saved taxpayers more than $11 million, thanks to her management of the district’s bond sales and refunds. This has allowed the district to maintain a stable credit rating, and also earn clean audits. McLean received degrees in decision sciences and human resource management from the University of Oregon.


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