Superintendents: Well paid and walking away

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Superintendents: Well-paid and walking away

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Politics, stress and threats — leftovers from pandemic school closures — are making it easy for many veteran California superintendents to leave for other jobs, or to retire. Some, who had planned to retire earlier, stuck around to help their districts through a difficult time. Now, they too are leaving. In their place are less-experienced school leaders. Now, districts are willing to pay top dollar and to offer big benefits to retain and attract superintendents.

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