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Monday, November 2, 2009

East Side school board ousts embattled Superintendent Nunez - San Jose Mercury News


East Side school board ousts embattled Superintendent Nunez - San Jose Mercury News:

"It took three special sessions and nearly 12 hours of wrangling behind closed doors, but trustees of the East Side Union High School District finally decided the fate of embattled Superintendent Bob Nunez: He was ousted from his $225,000-a-year job.

The ax officially fell at midnight on Halloween, although Nunez's pink slip was showing by noon Saturday, when the board announced its decision.

After an audit of Nunez's expenses by a San Francisco law firm that likely cost East Side Union — the largest high school district in Northern California — tens of thousands of dollars, Nunez was awarded a severance package that includes payment of $120,800 and health care benefits for four years."