The Orange Unified School Board voted 4–3 on Jan. 5 to fire Superintendent Gunn Marie Hansen and Assistant Superintendent Cathleen.
The decision passed in closed session of a special board meeting, called just 24 hours prior by President Rick Ledesma, who was re-elected to the board last November.
Ledesma along with trustees John Ortega, Angie Rumsey, and Madison Miner voted to terminate their contracts, while trustees Andrea Yamasaki, Kris Erickson, and Ana Page dissented.
“This is the ultimate surprise, because you’re potentially getting rid of the CEO and Assistant Vice President of student services for 27,000 students in this district and 2,300 employees,” Erickson said at the start of the meeting. “This is a huge decision and its highly unusual to have it like this.”…