SHEFFIELD — Former Superintendent Beth Regulbuto has earned nearly $24,000 as a budget and transition consultant with the Southern Berkshire Regional School District since she left last summer.

Regulbuto received $23,916.30 across six payments between Sept. 4 and Feb. 19, according to documents The Eagle obtained through public records requests. The records show Regulbuto periodically invoiced the district by email with the dates and what portion of an eight-hour workday she worked.

Regulbuto left Southern Berkshire Regional in August to take a job as the assistant superintendent of finance for Brockton Public Schools. On April 7, the Brockton superintendent, Priya Tahiliani, told the school committee there that Regulbuto was leaving that post after nine months on the job. She did not offer details.

"She'll no longer be with us, but we do wish her best in whatever comes next," Tahiliani said during the meeting.

Before Regulbuto left Southern Berkshire, she agreed on a contract amendment to work at a rate of $824.70 a day to support the transition. She worked 5.5 days between Aug. 19 and Aug. 29 for that rate.

A consulting contract was signed by the former School Committee chair, Arthur Batacchi on Oct. 27 and by Regulbuto on Nov. 6, which said Regulbuto would continue with that rate as a consultant for up to 30 workdays, billed hourly. The consulting contract was unanimously approved by the School Committee on Nov. 20. As of Feb. 19, she has six and a half days remaining.

While with the district, Regulbuto was one of the highest-paid superintendents in Berkshire County, making more than $200,000 annually.

Regulbuto was hired as a consultant because Superintendent Brian Ricca had never developed a school budget in Massachusetts before, and she had served as the primary financial leader for the previous eight years. The idea was that if Ricca had a question, he could call Regulbuto for the answer, Batacchi and Ricca both told the committee.

“Beth is just looking over our finances when we need her to look over our finances,” Batacchi said during the meeting.

During that Nov. 20 meeting, the committee hired Open Architects as the district's temporary business manager for $13,200 a month, Dec. 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. That firm has been working closely with the district to create the fiscal 2027 budget.

Regulbuto followed up Feb. 23 — after being paid — with an eight-page summary to the chair and vice chair of the school committee describing the work she had done during that time, at their request.

“The responsibilities outlined below reflect both strategic and day-to-day operational support provided to ensure continuity, fiscal stability, compliance and forward planning,” Regulbuto wrote.

Regulbuto said a majority of her work involved fiscal oversight and budget stabilization, including working with the School Committee and superintendent to “complete and stabilize the FY25 budget process,” and meeting with different parties to address outstanding budget transfers and account balancing issues.

In addition to the finances, she reported supporting contractual, legal and labor matters, operational and superintendent transitions, and institutional knowledge.