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Now, 21 months into Charles Weis' tenure as the... (Courtesy Santa Clara County Board of Education)
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When trustees of the Santa Clara County Office of Education visited Oxnard in 2008, they came away dazzled by what they heard about Charles "Chuck" Weis, then superintendent of Ventura County schools.

"We thought he walked on water," said Anna Song, now Santa Clara County school board president.

Weis, 59, seemed the perfect captain to right Santa Clara County's listing ship, after the bitter and tumultuous ouster of Colleen Wilcox over alleged harassment of employees.

Now, 21 months into Weis' tenure as the county's top schools' official, dissatisfaction is mounting with a superintendent whom critics say is too often absent and ill-prepared. There are questions about whether he's