A group of 22 former Wake County school board has announced today a press briefing on Monday to complain about the new school board majority's plans to end the diversity policy.

The contacts for the press briefing are John Gilbert and Judy Hoffman. Both are among the 15 former board members who had released a joint letter shortly before the election in October backing the eventual losing school board candidates who supported the diversity policy.

Here's their announcement of the meeting:

Del Burns is no longer the highest-paid superintendent in the state.

The Charlotte Observer is reporting today that Charlotte-Mecklenburg Superintendent Peter Gorman got a $18,200 bonus and $7,150 raise on Tuesday. That lifts Gorman's total package to $320,350, above the $312,790 that Burns got earlier this month.

Gorman also got a perk that Burns doesn't have. At Gorman's request, he got a new clause in his contract promising to provide “reasonable security measures” to him and his family in case of “public controversy” or any other reason.