$551-a-day for interim Santa Rosa principal

<p>Sue Sion, the interim principal at Santa Rosa High School appointed to replace the re-assigned Jim Goddard, will receive compensation equal what Goddard was to earn in the post.</p><p>Sion, who has retired from Santa Rosa City Schools, will make $551 a day as interim principal. Benefits are not included in her package. </p><p>Goddard, whose last day was Friday before being re-assigned to the district office as “Principal on Special Assignment,” will continue to receive his $120,000 in yearly salary, as well as $450 a year in travel compensation.</p><p>Sion is not expected to stay in the post through the school year, according to assistant superintendent Pat Crocker. A permanent replacement is expected to be in place by January. </p><p>“We will shortly be beginning an extensive recruitment process,” she said. </p><p>The opening will be advertised throughout California beginning the first week of November, Crocker said.</p><p>District officials have received some backlash for removing Goddard mid-year and transferring him to the district office at full pay, while also paying Sion to manage the Mendocino Avenue campus.</p><p>District officials and board members meet tonight to debate potential cuts of $5.6 million for the 2010-11 school year. Another $4.7 million is expected to be cut from the 2011-12 school year.</p>