When Paul Gausman announced his surprise retirement as superintendent of Lincoln Public Schools in December 2024, the district said he’d be staying on in an as-needed advising capacity through June. And in that superintendent emeritus role, he’d continue receiving his monthly salary.
It doesn’t appear he did any work.
A series of records requests submitted by the Flatwater Free Press shows Gausman didn’t exchange any emails with school board members, assistant superintendents or the interim superintendent from Dec. 28, 2024 to June 30, 2025…