Due to their wide disparity in enrollment, the North Tama and South Tama school districts don’t interact much. That’s going to change a bit.<\/p>\n
The North Tama Telegraph<\/em> reports<\/a> that the two districts will be sharing a superintendent. South Tama’s current superintendent would spend 40% of his time in Traer. Two other positions will be split 80\/20 ST\/NT.<\/p>\n North Tama’s current superintendent, David Hill, who is leaving for Waverly-Shell Rock, wrote to the paper that the sharing agreement will be beneficial for the smaller district. \u201cThe operational sharing incentive dollars provided by the state will be GREATER THAN the dollar amount that North Tama spends on our portion of the salary and benefits, so we\u2019ll actually be ahead financially by adding the positions,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n UPDATE 4\/7: The Telegraph<\/em> has a correction<\/a> to the story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Due to their wide disparity in enrollment, the North Tama and South Tama school districts don’t interact much. That’s going to change a bit. The North Tama Telegraph reports that the two districts will be sharing a superintendent. South Tama’s … Continue reading