The Superintendent Sabbatical: Uncommon But Not Singular

Executives at two of the nation's leading superintendent search firms said they were personally unfamiliar with any instances of school boards granting the inclusion of sabbatical clauses into contracts of newly hired superintendents or renewal pacts. After 10 years as Winooski's superintendent, he assumed the top post of the Kingdom East School District in Lyndon Center, Vt., in July Kyla Johnson-Trammell took advantage of a 3-month sabbatical in fall 2022 that was approved by school board resolution in California's Oakland Unified School District. A Beneficial Option Jacinda Conboy, who oversees legal affairs for the New York State Council of School Superintendents, reports coming across one Kyla Johnson-Trammell received her school board's approval for a 3%-month sabbatical in 2022 from the superintendency of California's Oakland Unified School District. or two sabbatical provisions in superintendent contracts during her 12 years with the association.