New Armstrong School Superintendent Already District Name
Freeport Area School District Superintendent Chris DeVivo will lead Armstrong School District for the next five years after a unanimous decision last night. DeVivo also served as superintendent of record for Lenape Technical School, among several other administrative posts in education locally and regionally (KP File Photo)
By Jonathan Weaver
The new 2015-16 Armstrong School District superintendent already is a member of the community.
Chris DeVivo, currently superintendent of schools at Freeport Area School District was named the future superintendent after a unanimous vote by school board directors at last night’s regular board meeting.
According to personnel documents obtained following the regular meeting, DeVivo - of Kittanning Township - will serve as superintendent locally for the next five years, beginning on August 15 when current-superintendent Stan Chapp’s contract expires. He is to be paid $164,000 annually.
Chapp announced his intention at the March 9 school board regular meeting after 35 years in education.
(“I’m) very proud to have been part some of the incredible changes here the last several years, and I truly thank the Board and the community for their support I’ve experienced in the district. I can honestly say I’ve enjoyed the people here the most of every place I’ve been,” Chapp said at the time of his announcement.
Chapp – who also served as Armstrong superintendent for five years beginning in August 2010 – comparatively was paid $150,000 his first year, according to his original contract, and received a nearly-four percent raise every year thereafter if he did not receive an unsatisfactory rating.
DeVivo was previously the principal at Dayton Junior-Senior High and was the first principal when Dayton and Shannock Valley consolidated into West Shamokin Junior-Senior High.
DeVivo formerly was also Armstrong’s Human Resources Director before leaving to become superintendent of schools at Freeport in the fall of 2010.
Armstrong School District | jweaver May 12, 2015
By bweitzel, May 12, 2015 @ 1:18 PM
That’s a lot of $$$ for an economically depressed area/district.
By worthingtonman, May 13, 2015 @ 12:06 PM
Looks like the board just saved at least 16k a year. Not counting all the vacation buyouts for the time Chapp did not use. At 4 weeks a year that was quite expensive.