TEMECULA, Calif.—The Temecula Valley Unified school board terminated the district’s superintendent in a June 13 board meeting amid controversy surrounding the board majority’s crackdown on critical race theory and what they said was inappropriate content in curriculum.
Board president Joseph Komrosky, and Trustees Jennifer Wiersma and Danny Gonzalez voted to terminate Superintendent Jodi McClay’s contract, while Trustee Alison Barclay dissented and Trustee Steven Schwarz was absent.
The board also unanimously voted to appoint assistant superintendent Kimberly Velez as interim superintendent, effective immediately.
McClay served the district for roughly three decades, according to Komrosky, and has been superintendent since 2020. She earned $327,680 in 2021, according to public pay database Transparent California….