PUEBLO, Colo.—The Pueblo City Schools board is ordering two charter schools to fire their chief financial officer.
The board on Tuesday approved a letter giving Cesar Chavez Academy and Dolores Huerta Preparatory High 48 hours to fire Jason Guerrero. The letter puts the schools on probation for violating numerous parts of their charter contracts as spelled out in two state-ordered audits.
Guerrero had offered to resign last year after the school board fired the schools' founders, Lawrence and Annette Hernandez, but he was asked to stay until an audit was complete.
An audit released this month said the Cesar Chavez School Network overpaid employees and
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