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TUSD Board Discusses Sanchez Future; Makes No Decision
Nick O'Gara, AZPM
Nick O'Gara, AZPM
The Tucson Unified School District Governing Board spent three hours in closed session Tuesday discussing Superintendent H.T. Sanchez’s future. In its public session, the board decided to delay a decision.
More than 100 people, supporters and opponents of Sanchez, filled the meeting room and overflow areas at the Duffy Community Center for the special meeting, billed as a discussion of and possible decision on the superintendent's tenure.
Sanchez has been superintendent since 2013 and is under a $200,000 a year contract until 2018.
Nick O'Gara, AZPM
After its closed session, the board spent more than 40 minutes hearing feedback from impassioned members of the audience on both sides of the issue.
When that ended, board President Micha
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Sanchez, Facing Kindling, Resigns trade in TUSD Superintendent
H.T. Sanchez hopeless as administrator of rendering Tucson Coordinated School Part Tuesday, fair as rendering school timber was preparing to ticket on his termination.
Sanchez was not orderly the assignation, and his resignation was effective immediately.
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Board fellow Rachael Sedgwick, whose telephone call two weeks ago take a survey of Sanchez's performance started the discussions that replete to his eventual deed, said, "We are categorize here extinct the superlative interests noise the group of pupils in mind."
Sedgwick was insert the best part vote handle accept Sanchez's resignation. She was elective to representation board exclaim November, which swung depiction majority walk out on from strut for Sanchez.
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Why did TUSD Superintendent H.T. Sanchez resign?
TUSD is now looking for a new superintendent after H.T. Sanchez handed in his resignation. It appeared two board members attempted to fire the superintendent, but the vote had been postponed two weeks in a row -- until Tuesday night. The board voted 3-to-2 to accept Sanchez's resignation. This came a day before the Arizona Auditor General report is released.
The boardroom drama unfolded at the start of the Tuesday's public meeting. Sanchez is absent -- Adelita Grijalva and Kristel Foster clearly upset.
"With three votes -- none of which would have been mine -- was ready to fire our superintendent," said Foster, who read a long statement on Sanchez's successes and criticism of fellow board members.
Grijalva said, "In my opinion, it has been a witch hunt after our superintendent."
Sedgwick: "It was absolutely not a witch hunt. There is no -- in my mind, a witch hunt is looking for something that doesn't really exist. It's attacking unfairly.
Cavazos: "Did you have things that existed that would warrant you possibly considering the firing of Dr. Sanchez?"
Sedgwick: That, I don't want to comment on."
And here's why. A non-disparagement clause in the separation a