Stacie Stanley will start as St. Paul Public School’s next superintendent on May 12, with a first-year salary of $270,000 following contract approvals by the district’s board Tuesday night.
A short-term contract sets Stanley’s start date at May 12 and goes through June 30. A long-term contract begins July 1 and ends June 30, 2028. She will receive an additional salary of $37,384 during the period of her short-term contract.
Her second-year salary was set at $275,400 and her third-year salary was set at $280,908, according to district officials.
Interim Superintendent John Thein receives a salary of $230,000 a year, according to his employment contract with the district which was approved in April. Thein has been serving as interim superintendent since May after the departure of former superintendent Joe Gothard, who left to lead the school district in Madison, Wis. Thein also served as interim superintendent of St. Paul Public Schools from 2016 to 2017.
Gothard’s base salary as of 2023 was $256,000.
The St. Paul school board unanimously selected Stacie Stanley in December, hiring the Edina superintendent who grew up in St. Paul and attended the city’s schools.
She is the first SPPS superintendent born, raised and educated in St. Paul in the district’s more than 150-year history, Thein said Tuesday.
Stanley has been superintendent of Edina Public Schools since July 2021 and previously served as associate superintendent at Eden Prairie Schools. She is the president-elect of the Minnesota Association of School Administrators. Stanley has held leadership roles in the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District, Roseville Area Schools and East Metro Integration District.
Stanley graduated from Central Senior High School.
Before getting into education, Stanley worked in occupational therapy. She then worked as a math teacher. She eventually became director of the office of equity and integration for East Metro Integration District. In her career, she has overseen curriculum assessment instruction and support services and English-learner programs, she said during the virtual meeting.
Stanley has a doctorate in educational leadership from Bethel University and a master’s degree in education and a bachelor’s degree in K-8 elementary education from St. Catherine University in St. Paul.
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