PEORIA, Ariz. — The Peoria Unified School District Governing Board will hold a special meeting Tuesday evening to potentially change the board’s leadership in the wake of a high-profile controversy involving two teachers at a local high school.
An agenda for the May 5 meeting shows a possible action item to elect a new board president. The board’s five members decide who among them serves as president.
Heather Rooks, the board’s current president, said in a video posted online that the item to possibly remove her from the leadership role was the result of her speaking to the media about the investigation into Haley Beck and Angela Burlaka…