New superintendent gets lucrative compensation package

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Sam Miller, The Orange County Register “Smith, superintendent since 2000 of the 27,000-student Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified, will be paid $255,000 annually plus benefits – including $900 a month for a car and a $33,000 tax-sheltered annuity each year – to lead the 50,000-student CUSD.”

Miller is the education reporter for the Orange County Register.