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By Charlotte Underwood
JACKSBORO, TN (WLAF)- The Campbell County Board of Education approved Charlotte McCoy, Director of Schools contract, at the Tuesday afternoon meeting, along with several other business items.
Contract details have been worked out over the past month at BOE contract committee meetings. The director’s salary is set at $135,000 with a contract term length of 36 months with a one-month transition period to total 37 months. The contract starts on May 12, 2026, and ends on May 31st, 2029, with the one-month transition period to “ensure continuity of leadership.”
Any salary raises would be at the discretion of the board and would take a supermajority vote. There are also “performance-based incentives” included in the contract “based on system wide outcomes.”
The committee worked out termination details as well. The contract may be terminated by mutual agreement. If McCoy is terminated without cause within the first 24 months, she will receive a $200,000 buyout and after 24 months, a $50,000 buyout. She will also receive notice of 30 days. Should she resign within two years, she would owe the district $15,000 which would cover the cost of the search for a new school director. There will be a clause stating that if she resigns due to health reasons, the $15,000 will not apply.
The director will be evaluated annually, and the first-time evaluation would be without TCAP scores because those scores will not reflect McCoy’s time as director. The metric used for evaluation will be the Tennessee School Board Association metric.
During the contract committee meetings, committee chairman Brandon Johnson said he wanted to add a contractual requirement that board members have to put their names on the evaluation. This was included in the contract that each board member “will complete and sign an individual evaluation and produce it for public review.”
The director’s contract also stipulates that the director must have a Campbell County residence.
In other business, the BOE also approved Career and Technical Education textbook adoption, along with the approval of the Campbell County Board of Education Online Transcript Service Contract.
The required “Summer Learning Camps” funded by the Tennessee Department of Education were approved for Jacksboro Elementary, Jacksboro Middle School, LaFollette Middle, Valley View and Jellico Elementary Schools, as was the 2025-2026 Summer Camp Program Bus contract. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED-05/13/2026-6AM)