NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Former Norfolk Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Sharon Byrdsong will receive a year’s severance pay after being terminated by the School Board without cause.
Chair Sarah DiCalogero confirmed the severance agreement on Tuesday, adding it was spelled out in Byrdsong’s last contract which was agreed to in 2022.
Norfolk School Board votes to terminate superintendent Sharon I. Byrdsong
DiCalogero was one of four board members who voted in June to fire Byrdsong from the school district’s top job after leading it for more than five years.
While DiCalogero said she didn’t know off the top of her head the exact payment Byrdsong was due, a Freedom of Information Act request revealed Byrdsong’s most recent base salary and deferred compensation totals to more than $293,000…