Note: This video is from previous coverage. We are working to produce an updated clip. TIFT COUNTY, Ga. (WALB) — The Tift County School District has released the employment contract for Superintendent Natalie Gore in response to an open records request filed by WALB News 10. The request, submitted by News 10 MMJ reporter Taylor Lewis to Dana Spurlin, the district’s chief of communications and community engagement, sought the superintendent’s current, fully executed employment contract and any board-approved changes to her compensation, including salary, benefits, allowances, supplemental pay, severance or buyout provisions. According to the request, the records were sought “to determine what financial obligations, if any, Tift County taxpayers could be responsible for under the superintendent’s contract, if she is departing from the school system.” The law firm Smith Welch Webb & White, which represents the school district, responded September 8 in a letter from attorney Megan Murren, stating that responsive documents were attached. The contract, signed June 12, 2025, by Board Chairman Jonathan Jones and Gore, sets her employment as superintendent to begin July 1, 2025, and end June 30, 2028, unless renewed. The board may extend the contract in additional years, but the total term cannot exceed three years. Under the compensation section, the board agreed to pay Gore an annual base salary of $225,000 in twelve monthly installments. The contract states the board may increase…
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