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Bill Hill, who serves as the president of the American Association of School Administrators, was placed on paid leave last week by his Phoenix-area school district.

Mr. Hill told members of the school board of the Deer Valley Unified system at their Oct. 8 meeting that he intended to resign Dec. 31. But later in the meeting, the board instead voted to place the superintendent on administrative leave, according to a letter written by Susan Burke, the board president.

The board's vote, she wrote, was "pending a review by the Maricopa County attorney's office of...