
EXCLUSIVE: Newly elected CO school board defend ousting superintendent who backed mask mandates, equity policy
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Douglas County board members Michael Peterson and Kaylee Winegar explain vote to fire the district’s superintendent.
The Douglas County school board voted 4-3 on Friday in a special meeting to dismiss Superintendent Corey Wise, who still had two years left in his contract. The four who voted in favor were elected in November after running a "Kids First" campaign, giving the board a conservative majority. They unseated members backed by the teacher's union.
"It was just performance over time, trust with the board members, and the direction that the district was going really wasn't changing," Peterson said, noting that Wise wasn't fired over one specific incident.
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