Central Bucks considers $90K raise for Superintendent Abram Lucabaugh. Here's the new salary

Central Bucks School District officials will vote Tuesday night on a new contract for Superintendent Abram Lucabaugh that comes with an immediate $90,000 raise.

The new five-year, $315,000 contract appeared as an agenda item for the July 25 meeting, published sometime early Monday morning on the district’s website.

Lucabaugh was officially hired to replace former head administrator John Kopicki in August 2021 at $225,000 with a performance-based raise of at least 2% for the first two years of that five-year contract.

Tuesday’s agenda shows Lucabaugh will resign his current position, ending his current contract, before the board will then immediately vote to re-appoint him as superintendent and then vote on his contract.

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Lucabaugh’s new salary could make him one of the highest paid public school superintendents in Pennsylvania.

In 2018, the highest paid school administrator was former Abington School District Superintendent Amy Sichel at $319,749 before she retired about a year later, according to the York Daily Record.

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Abington’s current superintendent, Jeffrey Fecher, entered a new contract last September to take effect beginning July 1, 2023, setting his base salary at $255,000 per year — about $60,000 more than his starting salary in 2018.

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The second-highest paid school official five years ago was Superintendent William Hite in Philadelphia, which paid him $311,760.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported last April that the city’s current Superintendent Tony B. Watlington was paid $334,644.

Lucabaugh will also see a slight increase in his potential annual raise.

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For the first two years, Lucabaugh could see a bump of at least 2.5% of his base pay if the board marks his performance as “proficient” and then a 3% minimum increase for the remaining three years.

All told, Lucabaugh could make $361,635 by 2028 to represent the fourth largest school district in the state, which has also found itself at the center of multiple controversies since he first took the position.

This article originally appeared on Bucks County Courier Times: Central Bucks considers $90K raise for Superintendent Abram Lucabaugh