Scandal, Lawsuits Hound a Divided Dallas Board
The conflict that for months swirled around former Dallas Superintendent Yvonne Gonzalez has now shifted to the district's school board.
And a city that hoped for unity has once again come face to face with its longstanding racial and political divisions.
More than two weeks after letting the charismatic 45-year-old administrator go, following her agreement to plead guilty to a federal charge of misappropriating district funds, the board is struggling in a web of legal entanglements. Most stem from clashes between the former superintendent and district employees, particularly Matthew Harden Jr., who until recently was...
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