The Tallahassee Democrat reports that Mangum, who the board
voted to hire as the FAMU’s 11th president last month, wants the trustees to
leave her proposed post-presidential salary alone. She and Chairman Chuck Badger
originally negotiated a deal that would let her keep 90 percent of her
presidential salary once she leaves office and begins teaching in the College
of Education. That would be $382,500
with the $425,000 base salary that the board has agreed to pay her.
But last week, the trustees voted to reduce her
post-presidential pay to 75 percent, or $318,750.
At that same teleconference, the board also threw out a
proposed $1,000 car allowance for Mangum. Mangum is now asking the FAMU
trustees to provide her with a car.
The FAMU Board of Trustees will meet today to consider
Mangum’s requests. If it refuses, then the negotiations might end with an
impasse.