BOE Renews Superintendent's Contract

The motion to approve the renewal passed with one board member dissenting and one abstaining.

Frank Petruzielo will continue to lead the Cherokee County School District. The Board of Education voted 5-1-1 Thursday night to extend Petruzielo’s contract through Aug., 20, 2015, after the board left the open meeting to go into executive session to discuss the item. Board member Michael Geist cast the dissenting vote, and Rob Usher abstained, citing the fact that he hadn’t seen the contract prior to the meeting. Usher, who raised concerns about not seeing the contract during the meeting, said that the contract wasn’t available during executive session and that he couldn’t in good conscience vote for something he hadn’t read. “They wanted to move forward with it, and that’s fine with me,” Usher said. “It’s nothing against the …

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