Guilford County Schools 712 N. Eugene Street Greensboro, North Carolina 27401 Dear Mo: The purpose of this letter is to outline the transition you will make from Superintendent of the Guilford County Board of Education to the private sector. I write this letter with the authority of the Board of Education. The following matters will facilitate your transition and will address essential contract items: 1. It is agreed that your last day as Superintendent will be March 18, 2016. We recognize that between now and that date you may use leave or vacation days to be absent from GCS, and that you will follow your usual process to assure that an acting Superintendent is in place in your absence. You have given ample notice as provided by your contract and the Board appreciates your considerate handling of the transition. 2. Your contract provides two benefits which require you be employed on July 1 of the year after the benefit is earned. Because you have forgone your contractually described annual increase this year as in the past years, you have earned more than the value of the benefits we address herein. In recognition of your excellent and steadfast service to the Board, the provisions requiring you to be so employed are waived and you will receive the full value of those benefits for the 2015-16 fiscal year. The provisions are amended as follows: Section 3.f. Although the parties have previously agreed that the Superintendent must be employed on July 1 of any year in order to be eligible to receive an annual contribution to a qualified retirement plan, the Board agrees that the Superintendent has proven his value and dedication to the system and has foregone raises in compensation required under his contract and therefore
Mr. Maurice O. Green
February 1, 2016 Page 2 has earned and is entitled to have GCS make its annual contribution to a qualified retirement plan 2015-16 year in full by April 1, 2016. Section 3.g. In addition to the vacation days allotted to the Superintendent by the State, The Superintendent is entitled in this provision to an extra 20 days of vacation, 10 of which can be compensated for if unused. The parties agree that the Superintendent shall be compensated for the full 10 days of unused locally allotted vacation to be paid to the Superintendent by April 1, 2016. 3. Provisions in your contract requiring the Board to defend you in the event that any legal action is filed against you for duties arising out of the course and scope of your employment as Superintendent of GCS will continue to apply to protect you after you complete your transition. 4. The Superintendent has been provided an older model smartphone and laptop computer which are of minimal value and beyond their useful life to GCS and you are entitled to keep those devices for your convenience. We look forward to your continued support of GCS and we thank you for your laudatory tenure as superintendent of the Guilford County Schools. Very truly yours,