San Diego Unified Board Terminates Superintendent Lamont Jackson’s Contract

Published on September 1, 2024

SAN DIEGO—The San Diego Unified School District Board of Education Friday fired Superintendent Lamont Jackson, citing results of an independent investigation into “credible” accounts of inappropriate conduct toward two former district employees. Deputy Superintendent Fabiola Bagula will immediately become acting superintendent of the district. “Upon becoming aware of concerns related to inappropriate conduct by the superintendent towards certain employees, the Board of Education engaged an independent third-party investigator with no ties to the San Diego Unified School District to undertake an investigation,” read an email from the district sent to all of its students’ parents. “That investigation is now complete. The allegation of inappropriate conduct toward two former employees was found to be credible.”...

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