Westport Schools Superintendent Elliott Landon gets no raise next year, as the Board of Education voted unanimously Monday night to maintain his total compensation—$292,937—at the current level.
Even so, Landon still remains the highest paid superintendent in Connecticut.
Last year Landon got a 1.75 percent bump up, though there was no raise the previous year, according to Elaine Whitney, school board chairwoman.
“As is our practice every year, the board conducted a careful review over the course of several executive sessions of the superintendent’s performance across a range of key dimensions,” Whitney said “We also benchmarked the superintendent’s compensation relative to our peer districts.”
She added that Landon, 75, is “appropriately compensated given his 36 years of experience as a superintendent,” 15 of them in Westport, having assumed the post in 1999.
Whitney lauded Landon for making “many substantial contributions to the Westport Public Schools, particularly his exceptional educational
leadership.”
The Westport First Selectman has had no salary increase since 2003. It currently is set at $101,475.
