The Fayette County Board of Education unanimously voted Tuesday night to renew its contract with Dr. John DeCotis, the school system's superintendent, for another three years.

The new contract will go into effect on July 1, 2007, and end on June 30, 2010.

"Dr. DeCotis is arguably the best superintendent in the state and we are lucky to have him overseeing our school system," says Board of Education Chairman Terri Smith.

The board approved a base salary of $180,000 for the position after doing a salary comparison of other school superintendents in similar size systems, including Coweta County, Douglas County, Paulding County, Columbia County, Houston County, Hall County and the surrounding metro Atlanta area.

Decotis’ salary under his previous three-year contract was for $161,902.

"This new base salary is still under the average of metro Atlanta superintendents even though our superintendent's performance is far above average," adds Smith.

DeCotis has over 28 years of experience with the school system as a teacher and administrator. He was the assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction for Fayette County Schools prior to becoming the county’s superintendent in 1999.

He has also served the school system as executive director of K-12 curriculum and instruction and director of elementary education.

"I am grateful to have the opportunity to continue to serve the community as the school superintendent," DeCotis said.

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