While many dads across Houston celebrate Father's Day with backyard barbecues and homemade cards, Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles received a different kind of gift: an $82,000 raise and a new five-year contract extension, bringing his base salary to $462,000 per year.

Miles’ new base salary of $462,000 will make him among the highest-paid superintendents in the state, according to Texas Education Agency data. His raise drew criticism from a union representing thousands of HISD teachers.

Houston ISD’s state appointed board of managers approves five-year extension of Superintendent Mike Miles’ contract.