Several resignations and firings across Silicon Valley schools have raised questions about how districts select their top educators \u2014 and whether voters should make that decision themselves. Santa Clara County leaders will tackle this question come January, when they weigh letting voters choose the county superintendent instead of the Board of Education. This follows the board of education\u2019s vote to fire Superintendent Mary Ann Dewan in October, a divisive move that dominated meetings about the county\u2019s special needs students.\u00a0Closed-door political jockeying also racked up hefty outside legal fees and competing impropriety claims between dueling\u00a0board factions. Only five out of California\u2019s…<\/p>\n