PHOENIX – The Paradise Valley Unified School District Governing Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to terminate the contract of Superintendent Todd Cummings.
The firing comes after Cummings was placed on administrative leave in September 2025, just three months into his contract, over allegations that he lied about how he left his previous position in South Bend, Indiana.
During Tuesday night’s governing board meeting, Susan Segal, counsel for the district, explained that Cummings claimed he was retired and using accrued days to get to the end of his contract…