

"First of all I would like to thank the board, it’s been an amazing experience professionally and personally. In his new district he said will be making $250,000 a year.

The salary caps, adopted by the Department of Education in 2011, range from $125,000 for districts with 250 or fewer students to $175,000 for districts with 6,501 to 10,000 students.Īccording to Hamilton, he was making a salary of $196,000 for the 2013-2014 school year. Hamilton said his reason for leaving had to do with changes in the state, like the superintendent salary caps. "I have truly enjoyed my time working with you and though we didn’t always agree on everything, I always saw the passion you had for our children and education in general." "Though I don’t think it has been easy for you in Monroe at certain times, you’ve always been committed to excellence and you have made Monroe one of the premiere districts in the country," Ms. "I just wanted to let you know I am going to miss you personally and you have done a great job for us and I think you have done wonderful things for our children and our district and I wish you well."īoard President Kathy Kolupanowich also praised Mr. I am going reluctantly vote ‘yes’ and do this out of the kindness out of my heart for you," Board Member Ken Chiarella said. Members of the board unanimously approved the resignation albeit reluctantly.

The New York district’s Board of Trustees appointed Mr. Hamilton’s last day under contract will be Jul 31, and will start in New York on Aug 11. MONROE - The Board of Education passed a resolution Wednesday night to officially approve the resignation of Superintendent Kenneth Hamilton as he leaves the district for a new chief school administrator position in Mount Vernon, New York.
