REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio – The Reynoldsburg Board of Education voted to approve a secret deal with the district’s former superintendent that will pay her $100,000 over the next year, a move that comes just months after the same board voted not to renew her contract.

The school board voted 3-2 to approve “the agreement with Ms. Tina Thomas-Manning” at last Wednesday’s school board meeting, but refused to divulge the details of the arrangement to the public, the Columbus Dispatch reports.

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The district wrote in a prepared statement that the settlement – which capped off more than a year of conflicts between the superintendent and the school board – is designed to “avoid the time, expense, and distraction of protracted disputes and litigation.”

“This agreement will allow both Ms. Thomas-Manning and the Reynoldsburg City Schools to move forward,” the statement read.

“Exactly why she received such a deal when she was on her way out might never be known because the signed agreement includes a provision that all parties – Thomas-Manning and board members – are forbidden to talk about the document or ‘disparage or defame each other’ for the next three years,” This Week Community News reports.

The agreement requires Reynoldsburg schools to pay Thomas-Manning $100,000 in a lump sum to serve as a “consultant” over the next year from her home office. She’ll also receive full benefits, 20 days of vacation, health and life insurance, and the full pension contribution to the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio.

Thomas-Manning, who has worked from home since June 12, will finish her contract as superintendent that runs through July 31 and become a consultant starting on Aug. 1. She won’t be required to report to work, only to make herself available by phone and email using a district-owned laptop, monitor and iPad, according to the news site.

Thomas-Manning will also receive reimbursement for mileage.

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The deal comes with a letter of reference from board president Joe Begeny, who voted against the deal, to help her find a new job, and if she doesn’t by Aug. 1, 2018, she will receive a year of unpaid leave of absence. After that, if she’s still unemployed, the district must hire her as a teacher, according to the settlement.

The arrangement requires the school board to rescind the vote not to renew her contract in exchange for the former superintendent’s promise not to sue the school district or run for the school board or other district leadership positions, according to the Dispatch.

Board member Elaine Tornero, the only other board member to vote against the settlement, told the news site she wanted to speak out against the deal but the school district’s attorneys “really pushed the fact that we aren’t supposed to talk” about the settlement with the public or media.

“What’s the point in publicly voting on it, if (the public) don’t even know what you’re voting on?” she questioned.

The settlement even came with a section titled “Media Comment Regarding This Arrangement” that states “The Parties will not comment on this Settlement Agreement unless required by law to do so, and instead will present to the media and any media representative the Joint Statement attached as Exhibit B.”

The school board approved the arrangement at a June 14 school board meeting, where Tornero read a prepared statement from Thomas-Manning regarding the deal.

The letter stated the former superintendent plans to donate $50,000 to Reynoldsburg City Schools, and highlighted her journey through the district from assistant principal of Reynoldsburg High School in 1999 to principal of Hannah Ashton Middle School in 2006 to the superintendent position in 2014.

“It does not mention the contentious 15-day teachers strike that began a month after she became superintendent or an unfair labor practices complaint the Reynoldsburg Education Association had filed in 2016 that later was dismissed by the State Employment Relations Board,” This Week reports.