Eureka Superintendent to Retire
Posted: November 30, 2011 at 2:30 p.m.
Eureka Springs’ school superintendent will retire at the end of December.
Wayne Carr, 64, who has been superintendent since 2008, submitted a letter Saturday to the school board, which accepted his resignation in a special meeting Monday.
Both Carr and Charles Templeton, president of the board, said the retirement was amicable and that Carr will continue to work with the school system as a volunteer. Templeton said Carr refused to accept a severance package or payment for the remainder of his contract through June.
The Eureka Springs School District has been involved in litigation with the state Department of Education over some $825,000 in property taxes raised in the district. School officials argue the tax revenue should remain with the school district. The Education Department believes the funds belong to the state.
Carr said the school district has trimmed the budget by more than $700,000 in case it has to pay the tax money to the state.
Eureka Springs recently began work on a new $10.6 million high school.
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