MISD: Superintendent’s base salary will be $275,000

Orlando Riddick, MISD newly announced superintendent, speaks to teachers, administration and parents 5/08/17 following the school board unanimously voting him the lone candidate for the position. Tim Fischer/Reporter-Telegram less Orlando Riddick, MISD newly announced superintendent, speaks to teachers, administration and parents 5/08/17 following the school board unanimously voting him the lone candidate for the position. Tim ... more Photo: Tim Fischer/Midland Reporter-Telegram Buy photo Photo: Tim Fischer/Midland Reporter-Telegram Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close MISD: Superintendent’s base salary will be $275,000 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

The new superintendent at Midland ISD, Orlando Riddick, will receive a base salary of $275,000, according to a contract provided to the Reporter-Telegram by the district.

The base salary is $10,000 more than Ryder Warren made before he left the district to take the same position at Northwest ISD.

The salary also is more than any superintendent in this part of West Texas or the Panhandle, including Ector County, Lubbock, Amarillo, San Angelo and Abilene ISDs, according to information from the Texas Education Agency.

At Cedar Hill, according to his current contract on the district’s website, Riddick makes $206,700 a year.

The contact also shows Riddick will receive:

- $600 a month for a travel allowance ($7,200 a year);

- $100 a month for a cell phone allowance ($1,200 a year);

- reimbursement for moving expenses;

- Up to $15,000 for monthly rental expenses for a period not to exceed six months. If the superintendent closes on a home before the expiration of the six months, the monthly rental expenses shall cease.

- vacation days that can carry over to the following year. Those days can add up. When Warren left Midland ISD, the board paid him $44,115 for unused vacation time and to assist the district moving forward as needed. The agreement covered 40 vacation days Warren had not taken.

Riddick’s base salary is $50,000 more than what Warren received when he was hired in 2010.

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The Reporter-Telegram will have more information in Sunday’s edition.