Posted on 03/04/2011 12:16:46 PM PST by throwback
Cathy Williams, the Bellevue Public Schools’ longtime communications director, is leaving at the end of December.
Williams, 54, said she plans to help the district with its transition to a new superintendent and help train her replacement.
Her retirement plans include staying in Bellevue and doing some traveling.
“My intent is to stay involved in the community,” she said. “I really don’t have anything that I’ve decided that I definitely want to do other than that.”
She is retiring at a salary of $132,462.77, plus longevity pay of $4,967.35. She was the highest paid school district spokesperson in Nebraska, according to a World-Herald analysis last fall.
She will receive payment for unused vacation days and annual leave days. As of Feb. 10, Williams had 119 annual leave days and 257 vacation days. She will be paid at her full daily rate for vacation days and half that for annual leave.
Also, by submitting her resignation on Feb. 15, she is eligible for the district’s voluntary separation program, for a onetime payment of about $137,000.
Like other district employees who make contributions, she will draw a pension from the Nebraska Public Employees Retirement System.
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That is as big a problem with public sector unions as any other...the fact that they get to retire in their 50’s and draw the uber-generous pension and benes for 30+ years. In many cases it is not leaving local governments any cash to do anything else.
That’s insane! I can see @ 65 you get a portion of your salary - but full + a bonus until death?
54 years old? Jeez. That is criminal.
It could be 50 years.
It doesn’t sound like hitting a lotto, it sounds like grand theft public money. But like many government crimes, no one’s going to go to jail for this... yet.
WTF?!!!!!!
“Williams has received numerous awards and commendations during her time with the Bellevue school district.”
Have student test scores improved?
Its better than many lotto winners! I knw two in my area that hit for around 1.5 milliion who got far less than that.
Federal Gov’t retirement isn’t anywhere near that good.
State of Nebraska :Effective 2009, Governor Salary = $105,000; Lieutenant Governor Salary = $75,000; Secretary of State Salary = $85,000; Attorney General Salary = $95,000; Treasurer Salary = $85,000 and Auditor Salary = $85,000.
Imagine, retiring on PERS1 and then getting rehired on PERS2, getting full retirement while still being employed by the government, this happens ALL THE TIME. Double dipping, it should be criminal.
lotto ping
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