School board offers to extend Superintendent Burr's contract

The school board has offered a three-year contract extension to Schools Superintendent Bill Burr, effective July 1, 2024, pending further negotiations.

“We just wanted him to know that we want him to stay,” said David Wilson, school board president, confirming that he and the rest of the board are very satisfied with Burr’s performance on the job.

“He’s doing an amazing job, that’s why we offered it to him,” said school board member Liz Roundtree.

The board voted at its Dec. 18 meeting to extend Burr’s contract.

Burr said in an email on Dec. 21 that an extended contract offer is a gesture of r...