From The San Diego Union-Tribune: The San Diego school board has approved the promotion of Bill Kowba to superintendent of California’s second-largest school district. The school board has offered the former interim chief a $250,000 salary on a three-year contract. That’s less than former Superintendent Terry Grier’s $269,000 annual pay. The board also has approved $100 million in cuts to next year’s $1.1 billion operating budget.
EARLIER...from The San Diego Union-Tribune: Bill Kowba, a retired Navy rear admiral who has been serving as interim leader of the San Diego Unified School District, has been named superintendent. He will succeed Terry Grier, who left after 18 months to lead the Houston school district last fall. Hired by the San Diego district in 2006 as chief financial officer, Kowba was selected over nonprofit leader Debbra A. Lindo of Oakland and former Hayward Superintendent Dale W. Vigil. Kowba, 58, spent 30 years in the Navy before joining San Diego Unified.
