{"id":155203,"date":"2023-11-06T02:57:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T07:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/districtadministration.com\/?p=155203"},"modified":"2023-11-09T09:14:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T14:14:00","slug":"departures-suspensions-lead-k12-superintendent-turnover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/districtadministration.com\/departures-suspensions-lead-k12-superintendent-turnover\/","title":{"rendered":"2 departures and 2 suspensions lead to more turnover at the top"},"content":{"rendered":"

A dismissal, two suspensions and a sudden retirement mark another tumultuous week for K12 superintendents and their school boards.<\/p>\n

Two of the moves took place in the suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts, where Saugus Public Schools’ board on Thursday fired Superintendent Erin McMahon<\/strong><\/a>, who has been on paid administrative leave for the past 10 months, Itemlive reported.<\/p>\n

An investigation by the board accused McMahon, who took the helm in July 2021, of failing to disclose a relationship with a graduate school that provided consulting services to the district and allowing another consultant to charge excess fees. McMahon called the investigation flawed and discriminatory, according to Itemlive.<\/p>\n

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The Everett School Committee has placed Superintendent Priya Tahiliani<\/a> <\/strong>on “non-disciplinary, paid administrative leave,” having already decided in a narrow vote this spring that her contract would not be renewed when it expires next year.<\/p>\n

Shortly after that decision, Tahiliani sued Everett Public Schools and the city’s mayor, Carlo DeMaria, alleging she had been subjected to racist and sexist comments.<\/p>\n

In announcing the suspension on Oct. 30, the committee says it is investigating “10 employee complaints” made against Tahiliani’s leadership, WBUR reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Keenan<\/strong><\/a>, superintendent of the Special School District of St. Louis County, was also placed on administrative leave late last month though no reasons were made public, The St Louis Business Journal<\/em> reported. A district staff memo<\/a> shared by several news outlets described the issue as an “internal personnel matter.” Keenan has been with the special education district since 2019<\/a>, having previously served as chief officer of Chicago Public Schools’ Office of Diverse Learners and Health and Wellness.<\/p>\n

In Louisiana, the Monroe City School Board voted Monday “to retire” Superintendent Brent Vidrine<\/a><\/strong>, who was placed on leave late last month, according to the Monroe News-Star<\/em>. A preliminary investigation by the district \u201craised serious concerns\u201d about Vidrine’s actions, though the investigators had yet to make a final conclusion, KNOE reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n