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Douglas Unified board accepts teacher resignation; approves superintendent retirement and ESI contract
Summary
The Douglas Unified District board accepted a teacher's resignation with no liquidated damages and non-rehireable status, and approved Superintendent Anna C. Samaniego's retirement effective June 30, 2026, while agreeing to offer her an ESI contract for the 2026-27 school year; both actions passed by unanimous roll-call votes.
The Douglas Unified District governing board on an open meeting accepted the resignation of Mary Lou Martinez Herrera, a certified teacher at Stevenson Joel Carlson School, and approved Superintendent Anna C. Samaniego's retirement request, agreeing to offer Samaniego an ESI contract for the 2026-27 fiscal year.
The board returned from an executive session called under Arizona Revised Statutes 38-431.03(A)(1) and moved to consider item 3A, the release of Martinez Herrera's 2024-25 contract. Superintendent Anna C. Samaniego recommended acceptance of the resignation "and no charge…
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