Arlene Ackerman
Posted on 11/30/2011 11:31:53 AM PST by massmike
A former Philadelphia school district superintendent who collected a $905,000 contract buyout from the city has reportedly filed for unemployment benefits.
Arlene Ackerman was reportedly paid the hefty buyout by the school district with taxpayer funds after a plan to use $405,000 in private funds to pay her was cancelled amid public outrage.
The school district cannot contest the filing due to the separation agreement her lawyers negotiated in August, sources told Fox affiliate WTXF-TV.
Ackerman was the highest paid government official in Philadelphia during her three-year stay with the school district, which is run by the state, the station reported.
Her weekly salary was $6,669 and her annual salary $346,000, according to records obtained by the station.
She stepped down with several years still left on her contract after disputes with government officials and after budget cuts hit programs she supported. Dr. Leroy Nunery has replaced her for the current school year.
The school district reportedly had a $629 million deficit under Ackerman and is still laying off employees as it struggles to make ends meet, according to the station.
The school district confirmed Monday that Ackerman applied for unemployment benefits this month, the Philadelphia Daily News reported.
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Arlene Ackerman
Arlene Ackerman?
Its for the CHILLDRUN
The “D” is silent!
I really need to learn how to play the system like this.
Eric Holder's people are entitled to all the free government bling they can get their hands on, and then some.
And anyone who disagrees is RACIST.
“Arlene Ackerman was reportedly paid the hefty buyout by the school district with taxpayer funds after a plan to use $405,000 in private funds to pay her was cancelled amid public outrage.”
Would love to know more about the specific details behind the outrage. At least at first glance, $405k of private money sounds a lot better to me than $905k out of the pockets of taxpayers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwame_Kilpatrick
I would have left Detroit for half that...LOL
I’ll never go to Detroit for 1/4 of that...
While this is certainly aggravating, I don’t think there is much of a story here. If she meets the criteria in her state for filing for and collecting unemployment insurance benefits, she has every right to do so.
Yep. Reconstruction II just keeps ‘a rollin along!”
Sigh....
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