Interim Superintendent Edward Velasquez resigned from his position at the Orange Unified School District after just one month on the job.
“It is with sadness that I announce that my last day as interim superintendent will be Thursday, February 16,” Velasquez said in a Feb. 15 letter to the school community. “It has been an honor to serve the [Orange Unified] community and our students.”
Velasquez left retirement in early January to take the role after the board majority voted to fire Superintendent Gunn Marie Hansen and place Assistant Superintendent Cathleen Corella on leave pending an academic audit.
Velasquez—who previously said he expected to spend two months in the position—did not give a reason for his resignation, and he was not immediately available for comment….