The Berea Independent School District is cutting ties with Superintendent Diane Hatchett amid community outcry.
That comes as district-wide staff cuts were announced during a school board meeting last week. Hatchett said the system “drastically overspent” their school budget during the meeting.
An online petition alleges financial mismanagement from Pratchett. It has more than fifteen-hundred signatures as of Monday evening.
Students and staff of the school system also staged a walkout last week in protest of the cuts.
A social media post from the school district says the group is “promptly” making a leadership change, with discussions currently ongoing.
Hatchett was originally set to retire at the end of the year.
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