Superintendent Lucabaugh claims spoils of the Bucks County culture wars — Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial
This raise is yet another reason why we must flip the board this November. The Philadelphia Inquirer's Editorial Board wrote, "Lucabaugh has presided over an exhausting and divisive couple of years that have saddled taxpayers with unnecessary legal bills and tarnished the reputation of a highly regarded school district. For that, he got a 40% raise."
Read the entire op-ed here.
From CBSD Neighbors United:
The Central Bucks School Board majority - Dana Hunter, Leigh Vlasblom, Debra Cannon, Lisa Sciscio, Sharon Collopy, and James Pepper - gave Superintendent Abe Lucabaugh a nearly 40% salary increase. To do this, Dr. Lucabaugh had to resign in the middle of his current contract, and be immediately rehired under a new 5-year contract with a salary of $315,000/year.
CBSD Neighbors United’s Reasons for Opposing Dr. Lucabaugh’s Raise
This election, let's show Central Bucks we are better than this board majority. Let's bring smart budgets, strong leaders, and safe schools to our students and to our community.
We can do this! We must win 4 out of the 5 races to flip control of the Board and reverse the policies of censorship and harassment, but
D candidates won more R votes by a margin of 16% to 33% when cross-filed on the R ballot
Noteworthy: Rick Haring bested Republican Aarati Martino, garnering 33% of the R votes (cross-filed on the R side), with a total of 2,374 votes vs Martino’s 1,052. Martino’s spouse, Paul Martino, is a major donor who bankrolled 30+ radical school board candidates across the region during the last school board election