Recently fired Temecula superintendent Jodi McClay paid about $362,000 in severance

Temecula Valley Unified’s former superintendent Jodi McClay has been paid roughly $362,000 in severance since she was fired last month in a 3-1 school board vote, as reported by The Press Enterprise.

McClay – who worked in the district for more than two decades and served as superintendent since 2020 – was entitled a full year’s salary of about $320,000 on top of a vacation payout because she was fired without cause.

On top of paying McClay, who could not be reached for comment by the Press Enterprise, the school board voted to spend $50,000 to find a replacement and approved a contract for Assistant Superintendent of Educational Support Services Kimberly Velez, who will fill in as interim and earn $308,441 a year until a replacement is found.