A Texas school district superintendent has resigned after his gun was found in the bathroom by a third-grade student.
Former Superintendent Robby Stuteville submitted his resignation from Rising Star Independent School District on Feb. 20 after news of the firearm incident was made public, according to multiple reports.
School Board Trustees accepted his resignation three days later during a special meeting and appointed secondary school principal Monty Jones as acting superintendent until a replacement is hired.
“No one to my knowledge called for his resignation,” Jones told NBC News. “And the board certainly did not. We were supportive, and we were trying to work through it.”…