Kapptie signs contract

In a split vote, the Ekalaka Elementary District No. 15 and Carter County High School Unified Board of Trustees moved to offer a superintendent/principal contract to candidate James Kapptie at a board meeting last week. The total compensation package offered in the contract was actually less than a contract that had been previously offered to him by the board. This "final offer" to Kapptie also came with a forty-eight hour expiration.

Kapptie signed. The start date of the contract is July 1st.

The two-year contract for superintendent/principal includes a base salary of $82,500 for 240 days, fr...