SHABBONA – On the day after Christmas, the Indian Creek School District 425 board rewarded its superintendent with a contract extension.

At a special meeting held in the office of Superintendent Pamela Rockwood, board members voted, 5-1, for a four-year contract extension for Rockwood that includes annual raises of 6 percent in her base salary, which exceeded $135,000 in 2012.

Rockwood’s new contract lasts through June 30, 2017. The board also voted to allow her unused sick days to accumulate up to 260 days – a year’s work – and they gave her a one-time batch of 35 sick days that she can use at any time. Rockwood joined the district in July 2006 with a base salary of $115,000; she previously had spent a year as superintendent of Gavin School District 37 in Ingleside.