Palm Beach Board Removes Superintendent With Buyout

The Palm Beach County, Fla., school board has bought out the contract of the district's superintendent, C. Monica Uhlhorn.

Ms. Uhlhorn stepped down about a week after the board vote last month. In voting to remove her, the board said she had alienated teachers, administrators, and parents. Her defenders maintained she was the scapegoat for the board's leadership failures. (See Education Week, 5/17/95.)

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