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Brennan Asplen said in a letter it was with a "heavy heart" that he has accepted the end of his two years at the helm of the A-rated school district.

The statement comes as Brennan Asplen faces a special meeting of the School Board on Tuesday at 5 p.m., where the board could vote to fire him.

The resignation negotiations came as Asplen faces a special meeting of the School Board on Tuesday where the board could vote to fire him.

The Sarasota County School Boards effort to fire Superintendent Brennan Asplen is being conducted with little openness, fairness or logic.

The haste of the motion for a special meeting has raised questions as to if any board members violated Floridas "government-in-the-sunshine" law.

Meeting to consider action against Brennan Asplen originally set for early December now is planned on Tuesday, Nov 29.

Now, two new board members who tend to align with Ziegler and Rose will take their seats, and could fire the superintendent with a simple majority.

The special meeting of the School Board will take place December 2 and appears to have only one agenda item: whether to fire the superintendent.

Two new conservative members were sworn into office Tuesday, creating a 4-1 conservative majority.

The evaluation is tied to Asplens salary and raise, both of which were approved from the previous year at a board meeting in June.