Meanwhile in Des Moines... Another Principal 'under duress'

I saw this at the Des Moines Register and it sounded interesting. In Des Moines apparently the school board gets involved when a principal resigns. I wonder... What, if any, role did the Fayette County School board play in whatever went on between Peggy Petrilli and Superintendent Stu Silberman?

Principal will fight to regain his job

Jedd Sherman, who last week resigned from his job as Spirit Lake High School principal, said he plans to push to get his job back.

The Spirit Lake school board, on a 3-2 vote Tuesday, approved Superintendent Doug Latham's recommendation to accept Sherman's resignation effective June 30.

The board placed Sherman on paid leave until then.

Sherman, in an interview with The Des Moines Register, said his resignation was made under duress.

He said he sent a letter to the superintendent and school board Friday rescinding his resignation and asking to be reinstated.

"I need to take an objective look at the letter he sent us and then pass it on to our
school's attorney, and it will then be passed on to the school board, but for now the board's decision stands," said Latham.

Sherman attributed the resignation to "differing opinions that were carried over from last year." He said he believes that the previous superintendent was upset that he was critical of the district for overspending its budget...