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The Carlton school board formally hired Donita Stepan for the position of superintendent with the approval of her contract Monday, March 20. Stepan will start on July 1 of this year, earning a salary of $134,859, which includes $10,000 for elementary principal duties at South Terrace, health insurance and other benefits. The package is an increase over the amount current superintendent John Engstrom makes.

"I took a haircut," he explained, meaning he accepted lowered salary expectations as his contribution to the necessary and painful cuts the district has been forced to make because of dec...