Casey Wardynski is resigning from his post as Superintendent of Huntsville City Schools.
Wardynski announced the resignation at a press conference yesterday afternoon. It takes effect today, less than a month after two outspoken critics of his won seats on the Huntsville City School Board.
However, Wardynski says the primary reason he’s resigning is to avoid impropriety due to a relationship between him and Karen Lee, the CEO of Pinnacle Schools, an alternative placement school that handles disciplinary placement for the Huntsville system.
Wardynski’s wife passed away last December. He says he and Ms. Lee began dating earlier this summer and the two intend to marry. He says there isn’t currently a conflict of interest because state ethics law applies only to relatives and not dating relationships.
An interim superintendent will be named at a special session meeting of the school board this afternoon.