Lancaster rescinds $2M buyout, votes to fire former superintendent instead
The district will not pay departing schools leader Elijah Granger any compensation.
The Lancaster board voted to rescind Superintendent Elijah Granger's $2 million separation agreement.(Lawrence Jenkins / Special Contributor)
Lancaster trustees reversed a $2 million buyout and voted to fire former Superintendent Elijah Granger at a board meeting Tuesday night.
The 4-3 decision comes at the end of a tense month-and-a-half period that started when board members issued Granger a new five-year, $1.6 million contract. But then trustees suddenly bought Granger out of that contract, without any stated reason, less than two weeks later.