Her termination came out of the blue, as she was originally tasked in October with taking 90 days to create a checklist of issues to address. "I'm flabbergasted," says one board member.
Ending months of paralysis, Louisiana's top school board Thursday soundly rejected state Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley's plan to toughen how high schools are rated amid fierce opposition from local superintendents.
Tropical Storm Nicole, a Category 1 hurricane when it made landfall, continues to force schools across the Southeast to close or shift to remote learning.
Mount Clemens Community Schools has a new acting superintendent as of Tuesday night after a twerking scandal at a high school in the district prompted the school board to put the superintendent on administrative leave.
The amendment, sponsored by Rep. Corey Harbison in 2021, allowed voters to choose whether to continue allowing the 7-member elected board to appoint the superintendent or to return to electing the superintendent, as they did until 2013.
