New CO School Board Fires Pro-Mask Superintendent

The Washington Post reports:

A school board outside Denver voted to fire the district’s superintendent Friday night in a controversial move that came amid accusations that the newly elected conservative majority had violated state open-meeting laws.

The Douglas County, Colo., school board voted 4 to 3 in a special meeting Friday night to fire Corey Wise without cause, dismissing the superintendent with two years left in his contract.

Wise, voted in by the board last April, supported policies on in-school masking and equity that were overturned in the months since by four conservatives who campaigned against critical race theory and other diversity initiatives and were elected to the board.

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Suburban school wars, chapter XXX: Conservative-led school board fires superintendent in suburban Douglas County, Colorado, after allegations of private ultimatum, teacher protest.https://t.co/a4L2dnQW9a

— Tony Davis (@tonydavis987) February 6, 2022