Doe, School Committee Ink Two-Year Deal

The Dedham School Committee voted 7-0 Wednesday evening to extend Superintendent June Doe's contract for two years through June 2014. 

Her current contract was set to expire in June 2012.

Doe will make $155, 691 this year, and receive at least a 2 percent cost-of-living increase the following two years, plus any additional merit increase the committee votes.

At minimum, Doe will make a base salary of $161,980 in the 2013-2014 school year.

Doe indicated to the School Committee in a letter dated July 7, 2011 that she would step down in June 2014.

"The second year of a contract extension [2013-2014] should be the year you plan to process for a search, select a vendor to conduct a search, and begin the process for a smooth transition," Doe wrote in a letter obtained by Dedham Patch.

Doe's benefits include health insurance, retirement account payments and legal fees for "actions occurring within the scope of her official duties" during her tenure and after tenure as superintendent.

Committee chairman Kevin Coughlin said at the meeting that only the term of the contract changed from her old deal to the new one.