DUSD Board under state spotlight

Termination proceedings,  or lack of them, has put the Douglas Unified School District  Governing Board under the glare of the state media since its last meeting.

KVOA (Channel 4) and KGUN (Channel 9), both out of Tucson, have been in Douglas in recent days to investigate the termination process of Superintendent Earl Pettit.

It has been a series of no comments from various board members, until Board member Susan Kramer, who voted against the termination, reportedly told the station she did not understand why Pettit was being terminated.

In a brief interview with Board president Charles Hoyack, the Dispatch was told that the district is still in  the process of hiring a private investigator to review the situation, and said they are moving ahead.

There is no timeline on the hiring of the investigator, and the person in charge of doing so is Kramer.

Last week, the board voted to hire an investigator and put off issuing charges to Pettit until that investigation was completed.

Pettit remains at Central Administration as Superintendent as of presstime.