HIGHLAND PARK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

CONTRACT

This Superintendent?s Contract (the ?Agreement?) is made and entered into by and
between the Board of Trustees (the ?Board?) of the Highland Park Independent School District
(the ?District?) and Dr. Thomas Trigg (the ?Superintendent?), and is effective June 22, 2015.

The Board and the Superintendent, for and in consideration of the terms hereinafter
established and pursuant to Section 11.201 and Chapter 21, Subchapter of the of the Texas
Education Code, do hereby agree as follows:

1 TERM

1.1 Employment. The Board agrees to employ the Superintendent and the
Superintendent accepts employment as Superintendent of Schools for the District for a term
beginning July 27, 2015 (the ?Start Date?), and ending June 30, 2019. For purposes of this
Agreement, the ?Contract Year? is de?ned as the twelve-month period beginning July 1 and
ending June 30, except that the ?rst Contract Year begins on the Start Date and ends on June 30,
2016.

1.2 Extension of Term. The District may, by action of the Board, and with the
consent and approval of the Superintendent, extend the term of this Agreement as permitted by
state law. Failure to extend the Agreement will not constitute a nonrenewal.

1.3 No Right of Tenure. The Board has not adopted any policy, rule, regulation, law,
or practice providing for tenure. No right of tenure is created by this Agreement. No contractual
obligation, expectancy of continued employment, property interest, or other claim of entitlement
is created beyond the term of this Agreement.

1.4 Pre?Employment Consulting. The Board and Superintendent agree that prior to

commencement of the employment term herein, the Superintendent will provide consulting

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services to the District. Each month, for those days worked as a consultant the District shall pay
the Superintendent at the Superintendent?s daily rate (computed in the District?s customary
fashion for computing daily rate of administrative employees). Further, the District will pay or
reimburse the Superintendent for any costs incurred by the Superintendent for travel to the
District, lodging and meals while performing these pre-employment consulting duties.

2 EMPLOYMENT

2.1 Duties. The Superintendent is the chief executive of the District and shall
faithfully perform the duties of the Superintendent of Schools for the District as prescribed in
any District job description for the superintendent position and as may be lawfully assigned by
the Board, and shall comply with all lawful Board directives, state and federal law, District
policy, rules, and regulations as they exist or may hereafter be amended. Speci?cally, it shall be
the duty of the Superintendent to recommend for employment all professional employees of the
District subject to the Board?s approval. It shall be the further duty of the Superintendent to
employ all other personnel consistent with the Board?s policies. It shall be the ?irther duty of
the Superintendent to direct, assign, reassign, and evaluate all of the employees of the District
consistent with Board policies and federal and state law. It shall be the further duty of the
Superintendent to organize, reorganize, and arrange the staff of the District, and to develop and
establish administrative regulations, rules, and procedures which the Superintendent deems
necessary for the ef?cient and effective operation of the District consistent with the Board?s
lawful directives, the Board?s policies, and state and federal law. It shall be the further duty of
the Superintendent to accept all resignations of employees of the District to the extent consistent
with the Board?s policies, except the Superintendent?s resignation, which may be accepted only
by the Board. The Superintendent shall perform the duties of the Superintendent of Schools for

the District with reasonable care, diligence, skill, and expertise. All duties assigned to the

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Superintendent by the Board shall be appropriate to and consistent with the professional role and
responsibility of the Superintendent.

2.2 Outside Activities. The Superintendent agrees to devote his ?ll] time, skill,
labor, and attention to performing his duties to the District under this Agreement, but may, with
prior written consent of the Board, undertake lawful consulting work, speaking engagements,
writing, lecturing, and other professional duties and obligations or product and services research
and development that do not con?ict or interfere with the Superintendent?s professional
responsibilities to the District. In connection with any such engagements, the Superintendent
may accept a reimbursement of expenses at no expense to the District.

2.3 Reassignment. The Superintendent cannot be reassigned from the position of
Superintendent to another position without the Superintendent?s written consent.

2.4 Professional Certification and Records. The Board and District do hereby
acknowledge that the Superintendent is not currently certi?ed as a superintendent in Texas. The
Superintendent does hereby agree to immediately pursue a valid certi?cate required to act as a
superintendent as prescribed by the laws of the State of Texas and the rules and regulations of
the Texas Education Agency and the State Board of Educator Certi?cation 
and all other certi?cates required by law. The Superintendent shall have one (1) year from the
Start Date to obtain a valid superintendent certi?cate. Pending the issuance of said certi?cate,
Superintendent shall obtain and maintain a temporary permit to act as a superintendent. The
District will reimburse the Superintendent for any costs related to the Superintendent obtaining a
valid Texas superintendent certi?cate to act as a superintendent as prescribed by the laws of the
State of Texas and the rules and regulations of TEA and SBEC. Further, the Superintendent
must provide the Board of the District with proof of such certi?cation(s) upon its issuance, as

well as any experience records, college transcripts, veri?cation of earned degrees, medical

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records, proof of criminal records check, his Social Security Number, and other records required
for the District?s personnel ?les or payroll purposes. The Superintendent shall maintain and
furnish to the Board evidence of his maintaining throughout the life of this Agreement these
required certi?cations, permits, and documents. Failure to maintain valid and appropriate
required certi?cations and permits shall render this Agreement void.

2.5 Criminal History Information. If required by the District, TEA, or SBEC, the
Superintendent agrees to submit to a review of his national criminal history record information
and any state criminal history information and to complete and submit such authorizations and
other documents as well as submit to ?ngerprinting as requested by the District, TEA, or SBEC
to facilitate such review. The Superintendent understands that a criminal history record
acceptable to the Board, at its sole discretion, is a condition precedent to this Agreement. The
Superintendent also agrees that, during the term of this Agreement, the Superintendent will
notify the Board in writing of any arrest or of any indictment, conviction, no contest or guilty
plea, or other adjudication of the Superintendent for any criminal charge excluding minor traf?c
violations. The Superintendent agrees to provide such noti?cation in writing within seven (7)
calendar days of the event or any shorter period speci?ed in Board policy. The Superintendent
represents that any records or information provided in connection with his employment
application are true and correct. Any false statements, misrepresentations, omissions of
requested information, fraud or material omissions by the Superintendent in or concerning any
required records or in connection with the employment application process shall be grounds for
termination or nomenewal.

2.6 Indemnification and Liability Insurance. To the extent it may be permitted to
do so by applicable law, including, but not limited to Texas Civil Practice Remedies Code

Chapter 102, the District does hereby agree to defend, hold harmless, and indemnify the

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Superintendent from any and all demands, claims, suits, actions, judgments, expenses and
attorneys? fees incurred in any legal proceedings brought against the Superintendent in the
Superintendent?s individual or of?cial capacity as an employee and as superintendent of the
District, providing the incident(s), which is (are) the basis of any such demand, claim, suits,
actions, judgments, expenses and attorneys? fees, arose or does arise in the future from an act or
omission of the Superintendent as an employee of the District, acting within the course and
scope of the Superintendent?s employment with the District; excluding, however, any such
demand, claim, suits, actions, judgments, expenses and attorneys? fees for those claims or any
causes of action where it is determined that the Superintendent committed of?cial misconduct,
or committed a willful or wrongful act or omission, or an act or omission constituting gross
negligence, or acted in bad faith; and excluding any costs, fees, expenses or damages that would
be recoverable or payable under an insurance contract, held either by the District or by the
Superintendent. The selection of the Superintendent?s legal counsel shall be with the mutual
agreement of the Superintendent and the District if such legal counsel is not also District?s legal
counsel. A legal defense may be provided through insurance coverage, in which case the
Superintendent?s right to agree to legal counsel provided for him will depend on the terms of the
applicable insurance contract. To the extent this Section 2.6 exceeds the authority provided and
limitations imposed by Texas Civil Practice Remedies Code, Chapter 102, it shall be
construed and modi?ed accordingly. The provisions of this Section 2.6 shall survive the
termination of this contract. The District also will provide liability insurance covering the
Superintendent and the costs of litigation as required by District policy.

2.7 Board Meetings. The Superintendent shall attend all open and closed meetings
of the Board and shall be permitted to attend all open and closed meetings of Board committees,

with the exception of those closed meetings, whether of the Board or a Board committee,

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devoted to the consideration of any action or lack of action on the Superintendent?s contract, or
the Superintendent?s evaluation, or for purposes of resolving con?icts between individual Board
members, or when the Board is acting in its capacity as a tribunal. In the event of illness or
Board-approved absence, the Superintendent?s designee, if any, shall attend such meetings

2.8 Intellectual-Property Rights. The Superintendent agrees to assign, and does
hereby assign, to the District all rights, including without limitation all intellectual-property
rights, in all inventions, discoveries, concepts, ideas and expressions thereof, improvements,
computer programs and other works of authorship, know-how, data, and the like (whether or not
subject to patent, copyright, trademark, or trade-secret protection) that the Superintendent, either
individually or jointly with others, discovers, creates, conceives, makes, perfects, develops, or
reduces to practice that relates to or results from, in any way, any other intellectual-property or
other rights owned by the District or any business, activity, project, or operation in progress at
the District or contemplated or planned for the future by the District at the date of or during the
Superintendent?s employment with the District, or made or conceived by the Superintendent
while using resources provided by the District, while performing services for the District, or
while on the District premises, whether or not within the scope of the Superintendent?s
employment. The Superintendent acknowledges and agrees that he will have no ownership,
license, or other interest whatsoever in any of the rights transferred above, nor any right to
receive any payment, royalty, or other consideration in exchange for any transferred rights, and
that the compensation and bene?ts payable to the Superintendent under this Agreement
constitutes suf?cient consideration for any and all transfers of rights hereunder.

3 COMPENSATION

3.1 Annual Salary. The Board agrees to pay to the Superintendent an annual salary

in the amount of $320,000. This annual salary shall be paid to the Superintendent in

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approximately equal installments, consistent with the Board?s policies and the District?s
payroll practices, and shall, as allowed by law, be treated as creditable compensation for
calculating his bene?ts under the Texas Teacher Retirement System including
withholding TRS member contributions on said payments.

3.2 Salary Adjustments. At any time during the term of this Agreement, the Board
may, in its discretion, review and adjust the salary of the Superintendent, but in no event shall
the Superintendent be paid less than the salary set forth in Section 3.1 of this Agreement. Such
adjustments, if any, shall be made pursuant to a lawful Board resolution. In such event, the
parties agree to provide their best efforts and reasonable cooperation to execute a new contract
or an amendment to this Agreement incorporating the adjusted salary.

3.3 Doctoral Stipend. In addition to his annual salary, the District shall pay the
Superintendent an annual salary stipend in the total amount of $5,000 per Contract Year based
on his added value and quali?cations because he holds a Doctoral degree, in regular 
payroll installments as earned consistent with the Board?s policies and the District?s payroll
practices. The Doctoral stipend shall not be prorated for the initial Contract Year.

3.4 Teacher Retirement System of Texas Supplement. The Superintendent will
participate in the TRS according to applicable laws and regulations governing such participation.
The District shall supplement the Superintendent?s annual salary by an amount equal to the
Superintendent?s member contribution to the TRS. This supplement shall include both
the retirement and parts of the TRS member contribution. This additional salary
supplement shall be paid to the Superintendent in regular payroll installments as earned
and shall be reported as ?creditable compensation? by the District for purposes of TRS, to the

extent permitted by TRS. For each Contract Year under this Agreement, the salary supplement

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shall equal 100% of the Superintendent?s total member contributions to TRS for the Contract
Year.

4 BENEFITS AND EXPENSES

4.1 Insurance. The District shall provide and pay for insurance coverage for the
Superintendent, including major medical, dental, and life insurance pursuant to the group health
care plan provided by the District for its administrative employees and shall provide him with all
other bene?ts on the same basis as other twelve-month administrative employees of the District.

4.2 Physical Examinations. The District will reimburse the Superintendent for the
reasonable expenses not to exceed $4,000 annually incurred in obtaining voluntary annual
physical examinations to the extent such expenses are not covered by District~provided medical
insurance.

4.3 Vacations, Holidays, Sick Leave. The Superintendent may take vacation as
authorized by policies adopted by the Board for administrative employees on 12-month contracts
except that notwithstanding such policies the Superintendent?s is entitled to the greater of
seventeen (17) days or the same number of days of vacation days authorized by policies adopted
by the Board for administrators on twelve-month contracts, the days to be in a single period or at
different times. The vacation days taken by the Superintendent will be taken at such time or times as
will least interfere with the performance of the Superintendent?s duties as set forth in this
Agreement. Accrued but unused vacation days shall accumulate and carry forward from year to
year during the term of this Agreement. At retirement, or when the Agreement is terminated,
either voluntarily or involuntarily, the District shall pay in a lump sum to the Superintendent any
accrued but unused vacation days at the Superintendent?s daily rate of pay as of the payment date.
The Superintendent shall observe the same legal holidays as provided by Board policies for

administrative employees on 12-month contracts. The Superintendent is hereby granted the

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same illness bene?ts and leave as authorized by Board policies for administrative employees on
12-month contracts.

4.4 Business Expenses. The District shall pay or reimburse the Superintendent for
reasonable expenses incurred by the Superintendent in the continuing performance of the
Superintendent?s duties under this Agreement. Expenses for matters covered within the
provisions of Sections 4.5 through 4.9 are reimbursable under the terms of the applicable Section
and are not separately reimbursable under this Section 4.4.

4.5 Technology and Communications Allowance. The District shall provide the
Superintendent with a Technology and Communications allowance in the sum of One Hundred
Fifty and No/ 100 Dollars ($150.00) per month. The Superintendent shall maintain a personal
account for Technology and Communications service and shall not open an account in the name of
the District. The Superintendent shall have total responsibility for payment of his personal account
and the District shall have no obligation or responsibility related to said Technology and
Communications account other than the payment to the Superintendent of the Technology
and Communications allowance stated herein.

4.6 Automobile Allowance and Travel. The District shall provide the
Superintendent with an allowance for an automobile and related expenses for in-District travel in
the sum of One Thousand and No/ 100 Dollars per month. In addition, the District
shall reimburse the Superintendent for reasonable expenses incurred in out-of-District travel
undertaken by the Superintendent in the continuing performance of the Superintendent?s duties
under this Agreement Such reimbursable out-of-district travel expenses may include, but are not
limited to, gasoline, hotels and accommodations, meals, rental car, parking and other expenses.

4.7 Professional Growth and Civic Activities. The Superintendent shall devote his

time, attention, and energy to the direction, administration, and supervision of the District. The

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Board, however, encourages the continued professional growth of the Superintendent through

his reasonable attendance and participation, including through holding of?ces not inconsistent

with the role of Superintendent, in appropriate professional meetings at the local, regional, state,

and national levels, as approved by the Board. The Board also encourages the Superintendent to

participate in community and civic affairs, including through holding of?ces not inconsistent

with the role of Superintendent. The District will pay or reimburse the Superintendent for the

reasonable expenses of such professional growth activities and community and civic affairs.

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Housing.

As a condition of employment, the Board requires that the Superintendent live
within the territorial boundaries of the District.

The District agrees to extend to the Superintendent an interest-free purchase
money loan, secured by a ?rst lien deed of trust and mortgage, in a principal
amount up to $1,200,000.00, for the purpose of the Superintendent purchasing
and living in a home within the territorial boundaries of the District. The
Superintendent agrees to repay the full outstanding amount of the purchase
money loan no later than four (4) months following the Superintendent?s last day
of employment as Superintendent of the District. The loan shall be evidenced
and secured by a promissory note, deed of trust, and other documents determined
by the Board to be reasonably necessary or advisable in connection with the loan.

For each calendar year during which any portion of the interest-free purchase
money loan described in Section 4.8(b) remains outstanding, the District will
make a tax gross-up payment to the Superintendent to compensate the
Superintendent for the federal income and employment taxes that will be imposed
upon the Superintendent with respect to the compensation includible in his
income for such tax purposes by reason of such purchase money loan (the
?Gross-Up Payment?), after taking into account any federal income tax deduction
available to the Superintendent for home mortgage interest. The Gross-Up
Payment to be paid for each year shall be computed using the actual effective
federal income tax rate of the Superintendent and the actual effective federal
employment tax rates applicable to such compensation for such year. The Gross-
Up Payment shall be paid in the calendar year next following the calendar year in
which compensation is includible in the Superintendent?s income by reason of the
District?s extending the purchase money loan (the ?Payment Year?). After the
Superintendent has completed his personal tax return applicable to the year
preceding the Payment Year and such return is in ?nal form suf?cient for ?ling
with the Internal Revenue Service (the ?Completed Return?), the Superintendent
shall, before ?ling the Completed Return with the Internal Revenue Service,
submit the Completed Return to the District as substantiation of his actual

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effective federal income tax rate for the year preceding the Payment Year.
Within 10 days after the Superintendent?s submission to the District of the
Completed Return, the District shall pay the Gross-Up Payment based on the
actual effective federal income tax rate as re?ected in the Completed Return.
Thereafter, the Superintendent shall ?le the Completed Return with the
Internal Revenue Service. Should any changes be made to the Completed Return
(other than the addition of signatures and dates) prior to its ?ling with the Internal
Revenue Service, the Superintendent will immediately notify the District and
provide the District with documentation of such changes. If such changes result
in a change to the Superintendent?s actual effective federal income tax rate for the
year preceding the Payment Year, then within 10 days the Gross-Up Payment
shall be reconciled, either by the Superintendent?s repayment of any overpayment
or by the District?s payment to the Superintendent of any underpayment. In no
event shall the Gross-Up Payment be paid later than November 30 of the Payment
Year. If the Superintendent?s employment terminates before the end of any
calendar year after 2015, then any provision of this Section to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Gross-Up Payment for the year of termination shall be
determined by multiplying the number of completed months of employment
during that year by the rate of the prior year?s Gross-up Payment
(determined based on the Superintendent?s actual period of employment
completed during that prior year) and shall be paid no later than the later of 
November 30 of the year of termination or (ii) the 60th day after the date of
termination.

4.9 Initial Relocation-Related Expenses.

The District shall pay or reimburse the Superintendent for necessary and
reasonable expenses incurred in moving the Superintendent?s family and personal
possessions to the District within a reasonable time following the effective date of
this Agreement, up to a maximum of $20,000. The Superintendent shall use a
licensed and lawfully certi?ed moving company and shall document all expenses
with receipts, canceled checks, or credit card statements and submit such
documentation to the District in seeking reimbursement under this provision. At
the option of the Board, the District and the Superintendent may arrange for the
moving company to directly bill the District for the moving costs, but such
approach will not increase the maximum amount payable under this provision.

The District shall reimburse the Superintendent for the reasonable realtor fees
incurred by the Superintendent in connection with the sale of the
Superintendent?s home in Kansas and the reasonable closing costs (including
appraisal fee but not including realtor fees) incurred by the Superintendent in
connection with the purchase of a home in the District for purposes of the
Superintendent relocating to the District. The Superintendent shall provide
documentation to the District in a form acceptable to the District documenting
such costs and fees.

For a period not to exceed six (6) months after the Start Date, if the
Superintendent has not completed the purchase of and relocation to a regular

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residence within the District by way of the interest-free purchase money loan as
set out in Section 4.8, the District will reimburse the Superintendent for (or pay
for directly at its option) the reasonable costs not to exceed $5,000 per month
associated with temporary housing of the Superintendent and his family in or near
the District.

4.10 Expenses General. In connection with all expense reimbursements provided
for in this Agreement, the Superintendent shall comply with all District procedures and
documentation requirements in seeking such reimbursements, provided, however, that,
notwithstanding such procedures, the documentation required for each such reimbursement must
be submitted by the Superintendent to the District no later than 90 days a?er such expense is
incurred, and the District?s reimbursement payment to the Superintendent for such expense will be
made no later than 60 days following the Superintendent?s submission of the required
documentation.

5 PERFORMANCE REVIEW

5.1 Time and Basis of Evaluation. The Board shall evaluate and assess in writing
the performance of the Superintendent at least once each year during the term of this Agreement.
The Board?s evaluation and assessment of the Superintendent shall be reasonably related to the
duties of the Superintendent as outlined in this Agreement and any Superintendent job
description of the District. The evaluation will be conducted no later than 120 days before the
?rst day of instruction of the following school year, or by such other date as is mutually
acceptable to the Superintendent and the Board.

5.2 Confidentiality. Unless the Superintendent expressly requests otherwise in
writing, the evaluation of the Superintendent shall at all times be conducted in closed session
and shall be considered con?dential to the extent permitted by law. Nothing herein shall
prohibit the Board or the Superintendent from sharing the content of the Superintendent?s

evaluation with their respective legal counsel.

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5.3 Evaluation Format and Procedures. The evaluation format and procedure shall
comply with District policy and state law. Should the Board modify the evaluative instrument
used to assess the Superintendent?s performance, the Board will provide the Superintendent with
notice of the new instrument a reasonable period of time before the evaluation in order to permit
the Superintendent to adjust his performance to the new evaluative instrument. A copy of the
written evaluation shall be delivered to the Superintendent. The Superintendent shall have the
right to make a written response to the evaluation within thirty (30) days of receipt of the written
evaluation from the Board. That response shall become a permanent attachment to the
evaluation in the Superintendent?s personnel ?le.

6 TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT

6.1 Mutual Consent. The Superintendent and the Board may agree in writing to
terminate this Agreement pursuant to any mutually agreed-upon terms and conditions.

6.2 Termination for Good Cause. The Board may dismiss the Superintendent and
terminate this Agreement at any time for good cause in accordance with the Texas Education
Code and District policy. The term ?good cause? is de?ned as follows:

Failure to ful?ll duties or responsibilities as set forth under the terms and
conditions of this Agreement;

Incompetence or inef?ciency in the performance of required or assigned duties as
documented by evaluations, supplemental memoranda, or other written
communication from the Board; provided, however, the terms and conditions of
this paragraph shall not justify good cause unless the Board has provided the
Superintendent a reasonable opportunity to remediate any incompetency or
inef?ciency;

Insubordination or failure to comply with lawful written Board directives;
Failure to comply with the District?s policies or administrative regulations;
Neglect of duties;

(0 Excessive use of alcoholic beverages on school property, at a school-related
function, or otherwise incident to the Superintendent?s employment;

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6.3

Illegal use of drugs, hallucinogens, or other substances regulated by the Texas
Controlled Substances Act (or any successor law);

Conviction, which shall include any order of deferred adjudication, for a crime
involving moral turpitude or for any felony;

Failure to meet the District?s standards of professional conduct;

Failure to comply with reasonable District professional development requirements
regarding advanced course work or professional deve10pment;

Any physical or mental condition that precludes the Superintendent from
performing the essential functions of his position despite any reasonable
accommodation required by law, provided however that this provision shall not
apply to periods of time during which the Superintendent is entitled to a leave of
absence pursuant to any law that precludes termination during such leave of
absence;

Immorality, which is conduct the Board determines is not in conformity with the
accepted moral standards of the community encompassed by the District;
immorality is not con?ned to sexual matters, but includes conduct inconsistent
with rectitude or indicative of corruption, indecency, or depravity;

Assault on an employee or student;
Knowingly falsifying records or documents related to the District?s activities;

Conscious misrepresentation of facts to the Board or other District of?cials in the
conduct of the District?s business;

Failure to ful?ll requirements for superintendent certi?cation;

Failure to ful?ll the requirements of a de?ciency plan under an emergency
permit; or

Any other reason constituting ?good cause? under Texas law.

Death, Retirement. This Agreement will terminate upon the death of the

Superintendent or upon the Superintendent?s retirement under the Teacher Retirement System of

Texas.

6.4

Termination Procedure. In the event that the Board terminates this Agreement

for ?good cause,? the Superintendent shall be afforded all the rights as set forth in the Board?s

policies and state and federal law.

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6.5 Resignation. The Superintendent may leave the employment of the District at
the end of a school year without penalty by ?ling a written resignation with the Board. The
resignation must be addressed to the Board and ?led not later than the 45th day before the ?rst
day of instruction of the folloWing school year. The Superintendent may resign at any other time
only with the consent of the Board. In that event, this Agreement will terminate on the effective
date speci?ed in the resignation.

6.6 Nonrenewal. The Board may renew or nonrenew this Agreement in accordance
with Texas Education Code Chapter 21, Subchapter E, and District policy. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in section 21.212(a) of the Texas Education Code, the Superintendent
shall be entitled reasonable notice, in writing, of the reason(s) for the proposed nonrenewal
not later than the 90th day before the last day of the contract term.

7 GENERAL

7.1 Controlling Law. This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Texas.

7.2 Entire Agreement/Amendment. This Agreement: contains and constitutes
the entire understanding and agreement between the parties with respect to its subject matter;
(ii) supersedes and cancels any previous negotiations, agreements, commitments, and writings
with respect to that subject matter; and may not be released, discharged, abandoned,
supplemented, changed, or modi?ed in any manner except by a writing of concurrent or
subsequent date signed by both parties.

7.3 Savings Clause. If any provision in this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal,
or unenforceable, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability will not affect any other
provision thereof, and this Agreement will be construed as if such invalid, illegal, or

unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.

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7.4 Con?icts. In the event of any con?ict between the terms, conditions, and
provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the District?s policies, or any permissive
state or federal law, then, unless otherwise prohibited by law, the terms of this Agreement shall
take precedence over the contrary provisions of such policies or laws.

[Signature page follows]

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EXECUTED AND AGREED TO:

ATTEST:

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By:  

Paul E. Rowsey, Secretary
Board of Trustees

036498 009967 1501472206

HIGHLAND PARK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
DISTRICT

By:   
Jgs?c/mh Taylor, Presic?enr/

oard of Trustees
7015 Westchester Drive
Dallas, Texas 75201

SUPERINTEND IV

?fe/Mm 

Dr. Thomas Trigg/



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