Baldwinsville schools Superintendent Jason D. Thomson would resign effective June 30 under a proposed settlement the school board is scheduled to consider Monday night.
Thomson was charged with driving while intoxicated after crowd-surfing with students at a school football game in October.
The proposed settlement calls for Thomson to resign in exchange for all disciplinary charges against him to be dropped. In November, the board voted to bring a series of misconduct-related charges against Thomson as they began the process to fire him.
Thomson pleaded guilty in court in December to a lesser charge of driving while ability impaired.
Details of the proposed settlement were not released in the proposed resolution, which is posted among the school board’s agenda items for Monday’s school board meeting. The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m.
It’s unclear what the district would end up paying Thomson under the deal.
The district has churned through three superintendents in the past eight years. That has cost the district’s taxpayers more than $200,000 in salaries that resulted in no work.
At Monday’s meeting, the board also is poised to replace Acting Superintendent Joseph DeBarbieri with a new acting superintendent from outside the district. Kathleen Davis would be hired as the new acting superintendent at a rate of $800 each working day, according to district records
She would earn about $83,000 from Feb. 1 to June 30, according to the district’s proposed contract. She would also get a housing subsidy of $800 a month for Sunday through Thursday night lodging.
DeBarbieri would return to his previous role as deputy superintendent.
Board members have not said why DeBarbieri is being replaced. Board President Jennifer Patruno has not responded to questions regarding the appointment.
Thomson was arrested Oct. 7 for driving while intoxicated after leaving the homecoming football game at Baker High School. He was stopped on school grounds. Prior to Thomson’s arrest, he was recorded crowd surfing in the stands after students reported the superintendent smelled of alcohol, Baldwinsville police have said.
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