Sunday, March 30, 2025

The Lodi Board of Education and its Business Administrator Have Not Been Honest or Transparent About the Business Administator’s Compensation…


Michael Rinderknecht sent a 2024-25 user friendly budget to the State showing his annual base salary to be $173,250 (he listed a contract ending June 30, 2024).

UFB25_2740.pdf

Monthly payroll for this school year shows Michal Rinderknecht’s salary was $209,920.08.  

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BttO6iKdLpEClnUR1yq4OdDmMBg1gU7q/view?usp=sharing

The Lodi BOE is showing that it gave Michael Rinderknecht a 36,670.08 pay raise for this current school year.

It is being reported that the Lodi Board of Education awarded a new contract to Michael Rinderknecht at this weeks’ BOE meeting without posting it on any meeting agenda.  It is being reported that his new salary is $213,000.

This is excessive for an interim that is only required to show up to work 4 days a week. 

This is a public body using public funds.  The lack of honesty and transparency from this Board of Education and its administration is unacceptable.