A lot has happened since our last podcast episode June 29. Denver Public School Superintendent Alex Marrero learned he will not be a finalist for the superintendent’s job in Miami-Dade, Florida.
Board President Xóchitl Gaytán sent a letter to a media outlet in which she defends her decision not to call a special board meeting on short notice. Records received through a Colorado Open Records Act request show that Board Vice President Monica Hunter and board members John Youngquist and Amy Klein Molk wrote Gaytán asking for a special meeting to address concerns, including that Marrero might try to trigger a clause in his contract as soon as July 8 that would have allowed him to terminate that contract and collect a full year’s salary and benefits on his way out the door.
The earliest possible termination of contract date came and went without any action, but there’s still a lot going on behind the scenes. There has now been a special board meeting called for July 27th to discuss the superintendent’s concerns that triggered this entire brouhaha.
Meanwhile, the school board remains without a lawyer of its own as Gaytán slow-walks the request to discuss this issue and get it resolved. All this and more on this issue of the podcast.
