The top financial leader of San Diego Unified will resign at the end of June; the school board accepted his resignation letter behind closed doors tonight. He will continue to be paid his roughly $155,000 salary until then, working on unspecified "special projects" for the school district.
Chief Financial Officer James Masias has been on paid administrative leave since March 25. School district officials have declined to talk about why, though school board President Richard Barrera has repeatedly stated that it has nothing to do with the credibility of Masias' budget work.
Interim Superintendent Bill Kowba has not yet decided what special projects Masias will take on. School officials said Masias will work off site, not at the school district offices on Normal Street.
Former employees from the budget department declined to talk about Masias' performance
