Santa Clara County leaders may exert more power over the Office of Education, whose elected board voted to fire its controversial superintendent, Mary Ann Dewan. The Board Supervisors on Tuesday voted 4-0 to look into whether it should decide who sits on the countywide school district’s Board of Education. Supervisor Susan Ellenberg abstained, with her husband representing the former superintendent. Supervisors also directed the county’s top lawyer, Tony LoPresti, to come back in January with options on making the county superintendent of schools an elected position rather than an appointed decision by trustees. Much is unclear about the ramifications of…
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