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Ex-Chief, Board Wage Legal Fight in Dallas

The tensions between the Dallas school board and Waldemar "Bill" Rojas, whom the board fired as superintendent this past summer, continued to unfold last month with both parties taking legal action against the other.

Mr. Rojas contends that his July 5 firing by the board on a 7-1 vote was a breach of his three- year contract, for which he was to have received an annual salary of $260,000. He has asked the Texas Education Agency to overturn the decision and the...

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