Pittsburgh Public Schools Reappoints Superintendent Linda Lane For Three More Years

Pittsburgh Public Schools Superintendent Linda Lane has been awarded a three-year contract extension.  

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Linda Lane

Lane, who was appointed as superintendent in December 2010, will see her salary increase to $220,000 effective September.

Lane has three long-term goals that were approved by the school board: raising student achievement, becoming a district of first choice and closing academic disparities based on race.

“I don’t kid myself into thinking I can get them closed by 2016," she said in reference to racial achievement gaps, "but my goal would certainly be to see a future where they will close."

Another measure of success for Lane will be to manage the district’s financial sustainability without state intervention.

“If we can get to a place where the foreseeable future doesn’t have a lot of red ink in it, that would be great,” she said.

Lane's new contract calls for automatic $5,000 annual pay hikes plus another $10,000 a year for meeting performance goals.