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Taymore Contract Approved By School Committee

Incoming Superintendent Cyndy Taymore will have a starting salary of $160,000 according to the three-year contract approved Tuesday night.

Incoming Melrose Schools Superintendent Cyndy Taymore will have a starting salary of $160,000, according to the three-year contract approved Tuesday night by the School Committee.

The committee approved the contract by a 6-1 vote, with Carrie Kourkoumelis voting no. Taymore will start on July 1, replacing the retiring Joe Casey.

A signing ceremony will be held on Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m. in the GAR Room at .

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Other details of the contract include: 25 paid vacation days; 18 sick days; no tuition reimbursements or travel allowance; and nine months advance written notice of termination.

After the vote, committee Chairwoman Kristin Thorp said that Taymore will be working Casey to begin finding her way around the district.

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"She clearly has a foot here already, and has been attending functions such as the Trivia Bee and already thinking about what she would like to do to," Thorp said.

Taymore is currently the assistant superintendent with Bedford Public Schools, retaining oversight of special education. She holds a bachelor's degree from American University, a master's degree from Emerson, graduate work at Salem State, and certificate for post graduate work at UMass Boston.

The committee voted on Thursday, March 29 to .


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