UNdisputed Earnings

$311,235
base salary

$18,170

Reimbursement for
employee contribution
towards pension

$12,000
Management incentive for
out of pocket expenses

$2,500
Annual stipend for
post graduate degree

Earnings under investigation

$230,213
Cost of purchasing additional years of service
towards pension
District now alleges most of this payment may have
been improper because it reimbursed Fernandez for
purchases made before his contract was in effect.

$56,126
Annual payment for $1 million whole life insurance
policy
District and LACOE now say this was not reported on
W-2 and should have been.

$52,990
Payout for additional days worked beyond
215-day calendar
District now says Fernandez should not have received
some of these payments because they were based on
an incorrect 215-day calendar and the school board
was unaware it was approving the benefit.

$41,771
Annual payment for $750,000
whole life insurance policy
District and LACOE now say this was not properly
approved nor was it reported on W-2 as it should
have been.

$37,850

in 2013 the centinela school

district paid Jose fernandez

$766,495

Source: Los Angeles County Office of Education, Centinela Valley Statement of Grounds for Termination of Jose Fernandez

Payout for unused vacation days

District now says Fernandez should not have received
some of these payments because they were based on
an incorrect 215-day calendar.

$3,640
Imputed income from $910,000 home loan being
below market value
District and LACOE now say this was not reported on
W-2 and should have been.
PAUL PENZELLA/LANG