Superintendent merry-go-round yields fat severances
Tribune investigation finds school districts usually pay hefty parting gifts to leaders who leave early, even if they leave under a cloud
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Stanley Fields at a school board meeting in June. (Benjamin Chernivsky for the Tribune)
Stanley Fields resigned after just a year as superintendent of a suburban Cook County school district where he was put on leave, faced with firing and ultimately required to apologize to the community. Still, he walked away with a $100,000 severance payment.
He also had prematurely left his prior job, at a Lake County high school district, cashing out $30,426 in unused vacation. The school
He also had prematurely left his prior job, at a Lake County high school district, cashing out $30,426 in unused vacation. The school
