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Oak Ridge school board approves new superintendent contract

Posted at 12:38 pm April 16, 2013
By John Huotari 3 Comments

Bob and Carol Smallridge and Bruce Borchers

The Oak Ridge Board of Education has approved a four-year contract with new school superintendent Bruce Borchers, right. Above Borchers speaks to Carol Smallridge, left, and interim Oak Ridge Schools Superintendent Bob Smallridge, second from right. Also pictured is Borchers’ son Jack.

The Oak Ridge Board of Education unanimously approved a four-year contract with new superintendent Bruce Borchers in a short special meeting Monday.

Borchers will be paid $178,000 per year, and he starts June 18, said Bob Eby, school board vice chair.

“We’ve got a top-notch superintendent that can take us to the next level,” Eby said. He led the contract negotiations on behalf of the board with the help of Oak Ridge Schools Human Resources Director Christine Lee and school attorney Larry Giordano. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, K-12, Top Stories Tagged With: Bob Eby, Bob Smallridge, Bruce Borchers, Eureka, Keys Fillauer, Oak Ridge Board of Education, Oak Ridge Schools, Ray and Associates, Rockwood School District, superintendent

School board offers superintendent contract to Borchers

Posted at 10:05 pm April 1, 2013
By John Huotari 15 Comments

Bob and Carol Smallridge and Bruce Borchers

Before the school board offered him the Oak Ridge Schools superintendent job on Monday, Bruce Borchers, right, speaks to Carol Smallridge, left, and interim Oak Ridge Schools Superintendent Bob Smallridge, second from right. Also pictured is Borchers’ son Jack.

The Oak Ridge school board has offered the superintendent’s job to Bruce Borchers, who is now superintendent of the Rockwood School District in Eureka, Mo.

The position, which has a salary range of about $175,000, is still subject to contract negotiations.

Board members approved the offer in a 5-0 vote during a short special meeting on Monday at Riverside Grille in Oak Ridge.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, K-12, Top Stories Tagged With: Bob Eby, Bob Smallridge, Bruce Borchers, Dale Lynch, Don Longe, Eureka, Keith Rowland, Keys Fillauer, Oak Ridge Board of Education, Oak Ridge Schools, Ray and Associates, Rockwood School District, school board, superintendent, Tom Bailey

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