The just hired its second head of finance in as many months.
After a Pasadena Unified administrator , the district said Friday it had offered the post to Clark Hampton, assistant superintendent of business services from the Westminster School District.
He starts as deputy superintendent for Capo on May 1, smack in the middle of budget planning for the 2012-13 school year.
CUSD is facing one of its worst budget crises in years, .
The hiring follows an offer made to John Pappalardo, chief financial officer for Pasadena-area schools, who first accepted and then declined CUSD’s offer. The contract called for him to make $198,000 but could be subject to cutbacks other administrators may take for the 2012-13 school year.
Hampton's salary is set at $191,000 and, according to the contract, may be pared back as early as July 1.
“The base salary shall be adjusted to reflect any cost-of-living increases or decreases given to other members of the Capistrano Unified Management Association (CUMA), anytime [sic] after June 30,” the contract reads.
Hampton has been with Westminster since 2007 and previously worked as chief financial officer for the Cal State San Marcos Foundation and University Corp., chief business officer for the Jamul-Dulzura Union School District in San Diego County, controller and risk manager for United States International University and director of studio finance for Paramount Pictures in Hollywood.
Hampton earned his master's of business administration from Cal State Northridge and his undergraduate degree in finance from Southern Illinois University
“Clark is a great addition to our senior administrative team,” Superintendent Joe Farley said in a news release. “His diverse public and private sector experience will be invaluable as we find solutions to our fiscal challenges while moving this district from great to extraordinary.”
The Westminster School District serves 10,000 students in 13 elementary schools and three middle schools and is facing a possible $8.5-million shortfall in the coming year, according to the Garden Grove Journal.
It plans no teacher layoffs and has a budget of about $75 million, according to its website.
By comparison, Capo Unified has a $372-million budget this year and has sent .
Isn't it great that they were able to find a well qualified (by the looks of his resume, which is in the board agenda for the meeting this week) candidate who accepted a very generous offer with the unfortunate provision that he is subject to the same cuts as any classified or certificated employee? The sky did not fall when the other candidate elected not to accept the position. As a matter of fact, less than a week passed before he was replaced.
Well qualified might be a bit of a stretch. His most recent experience is with a district of 10,000 students with no high schools. In fact it doesn't appear that he has any experience in a district with high schools. Given that CUSD has several complicated high school construction projects underway, someone with relevant experience would have been preferable. But the district can pick up that slack by hiring the appropriate consultants (more $$$). Still beggars can't be chosers. He is local so he won't have to move to commit and he does fit the unions' requirement in terms of being willing to face a pay cut. How inspiring! Makes me wonder what he was making at Westminister. I wish him luck, truly. We need it.
HAMPTON, CLARK DURHAM ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT BUSINESS SERVICES WESTMINSTER Work site/Department BUSINESS SERVICES 2010-11 pay $156,826.80 Pay rank in district 2 Employed in 2009-10? YES 2009-10 pay $156,219.97 Employee details District-reported pay 2010-11 $159,318.12 Salary schedule AS3 Salary step 06 Salary range or column 01 Full time status FULL TIME Service years 4 Hire date 7/1/2007 District payroll details Total payroll $55,077,606.82 Staff 1,872 Enrollment 9,725 Average pay per student $5,663.51
You are all over the map on this one. I really believe that your only motivation is to criticize CUSD...no matter what they do. Which is puzzling to me since you now feel your children are in the right school and doing well. Why must you put down other schools in order to feel better about your own? How about listing the qualifications you would find acceptable?
I haven't been critical of the choice, I am merely examining it. On the plus side we have someone with experience (though somewhat limited experience) to fill the position. SInce he is receiving a 20%+ increase in pay over since previous position, he can afford to take the cuts that the unions demand. I am betting that calculation was worked out carefully on both sides. That is a win-win, wouldn't you agree? As for his potential shortcomings, CUSD can hire consultants to pick up the slack. I'll bet the $440K a year will stay around to help. Hampton starts May 1, so he has a couple of weeks to get up to speed before the May revise - piece of cake. What's not to like? I wish him well.
One of the most distasteful things about the problems in CUSD has been the total abandonment of civility by so many people. Civil discourse is a much more productive way of dealing with tough issues and is a much better example to set for students. Would you be proud to share your posts with your children?
I post as myself and represent no view other than my own. I tout my line. Is it just easier to dismiss me by giving me a label? Don't listen to her...she belongs to a union, and therefore, couldn't have anything to add to the conversation. I don't know either of these candidates and neither do you...the only thing you like about the first one is that he changed his mind. Are you sure it was only because of the deletion of the no cuts clause?
I didn't tell anyone not to listen to you (though it would be hard to listen to you on a blog). I just pointed out my opinion of you. You're a former teacher and apparently a former member of CUEA who gets a gov't back pension (which I am sure you earned). You are consistently pro-union and pro-CUSD, and that's your right. Conversely, I have the right to offer my opinions.
In Laguna Beach Unified there is a HS Drama teacher making $178K a year. He teaches some drama classes over at the Middle School too that bumps his salary up to that, but the fact that he makes a few thousand more than the Governor of CA for 180 days or so of work shines a light on what is wrong in this state. There are city employees making $200k to $300K a year in some cities as well. This isn't sustainable. What happened to public servants? I wish Mr. Hampton well in CUSD. I pray that God will grant him wisdom and knowledge to figure out how to run our district as efficiently as possible. I'm hoping that he'll figure out a way to keep as much money in the classroom as possible, while eliminating any remaining non essentials.