The board agreed to pay the Bibb school superintendent $198,000 to buy out her contract, according to the agreement handed out by the board. Sharon Patterson says she will retire this month due to complaints that she failed to report misconduct by three principals.
The board passed three SPLOSTs for building projects and convinced the state Legislature to give them taxing authority. She won a statewide superintendent's award. But the district was also dogged with money problems, safety concerns and criticism that its schools and student performance were not improving.
Watch Sharon Patterson's final remarks to BOE
Read Sharon Patterson's final remarks to BOE
Details of Patterson's separation agreement
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