Baron Davis gets $27k raise as Richland 2 schools chief-in-waiting

Richland 2’s new superintendent-elect, Baron Davis, will earn more than $155,000 under his one-year contract, recently approved by the school board, before being handed the full responsibility of superintendent over the Midlands’ largest school district next summer.

Davis was chosen to succeed retiring superintendent Debbie Hamm after a very quick internal search and decision by the school board.

Davis’ one-year, $155,260 salary, approved by the school board and effective on July 25, is a nearly $27,000 raise from his previous pay as assistant superintendent.

Hamm is currently paid about $210,000 yearly as superintendent, school district officials have said.

By comparison, Richland 1 superintendent Craig Witherspoon is paid about $214,000 a year, while Lexington 1 superintendent Greg Little, who took over as schools chief in May, earns $199,000 annually.