PITTSFIELD â Joseph Curtis has inked a three-year contract to serve as superintendent of Pittsfieldâs school district and will earn an annual salary of $168,000.
The contract was negotiated between Curtis and the School Committee, which in April selected the longtime Pittsfield Public Schools administrator to serve in one of the highest-paid and highest-profile jobs in the city.
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Curtis had served as interim superintendent since the fall, and before that worked several jobs, including deputy superintendent of the approximately 5,000-student district and as principal of Morningside Community School. He started as a teacher in the district in 1994.
With an agreed-upon starting salary of $168,000, Curtisâ initial wages are on the low end of the $165,000 to $180,000 salary range the School Committee set for superintendent job.