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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The leader of Iowa’s largest school district violated his...

As the COVID-19 pandemic changed everything about educating children, Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Tom Ahart's leadership of Iowa's largest district became deeply controversial. On Thursday, Ahart, who has led the Des Moines district for nearly a decade, will defend his administrator's license in front of the state's Board of Educational Examiners. Last week, the Des Moines School Board voted to not extend his current employment contract past June 2023. And Des Moines' schools have garnered negative attention from the Iowa Department of Education and the Legislature because s...

AP Ahart has been at odds with state officials over the district’s decision to stick with remote learning at the start of the school year. The board of Iowa’s largest school district narrowly decided not to extend the contract of its embattled superintendent beyond June 2023. The Des Moines school board voted 4-3 Thursday not to extend the contract of Superintendent Tom Ahart, who has been at odds with state officials over the district’s decision to stick with remote learning at the start of the school year. At the time, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds had ordered all schools to provide at least...

May 16, 2021 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The board of Iowa’s largest school district narrowly decided not to retain its embattled superintendent beyond June. The Des Moines school board voted 4-3 Thursday not to extend the contract of Superintendent Tom Ahart, who has been at odds with state officials over the district’s decision to stick with remote learning at the start of the school year. At the time, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds had ordered all schools to provide at least half of their instruction in person despite the coronavirus pandemic unless virus cases were at a high level in the ar...

The Des Moines School Board voted 4-3 to not extend embattled Superintendent Tom Ahart's current contract past June 30, 2023, during Thursday night's meeting.  The school board met virtually in closed session Thursday to discuss Ahart's contract. The meeting had originally been posted as the contract being only a discussion item but the agenda was changed Wednesday night to include a vote. "Motion was made to accept the recommendation from the compensation committee for a 2-year contract for the superintendent through June 30, 2023, with no change in compensation or benefits," said Ph...