The Minneapolis school board voted last week not to move forward with contract negotiations with Sergio Paez, whom the board picked last month as the new superintendent.
Two days after the Dec. 7 vote for Paez, allegations surfaced of abuse of special education students at a Holyoke, Mass., school while Paez served as the superintendent of that district.
The Minneapolis board put negotiations on hold, and two board members visited Holyoke to get more information on Paez’s leadership.
Paez has defended his handling of the alleged complaints, and he met recently with members of the Minneapolis community and school administrators to answer questions about the allegations and his vision for their schools.
