LIVERMORE FALLS – SAD 36 directors have voted unanimously to give Superintendent Terry Despres a $5,000 stipend for serving as interim principal of the high school.

Despres’ salary as superintendent is about $83,000.

Despres, who was initially hesitant to take the stipend, said Tuesday, he was accepting it.

The district saved about $25,000 for him to step in as interim principal.

“From the board’s perspective,” Chairman Ashley O’Brien said, “it is a token for the extra effort above and beyond his own job.”