DougCo School Board Members Allege President and Vice President Secretly Called for Superintendent’s Resignation

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CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — In a Zoom town hall meeting Monday evening, three members of the Douglas County School District Board of Trustees, Elizabeth Hanson, Susan Meek and David Ray, said they had each been contacted individually at over the weekend and informed that Board Chairman Mike Peterson and Vice Chairman Christy Williams secretly requested the resignation of Superintendent Corey Wise in an effort to remove him from the district’s top spot.

All three members said they were taken aback by the revelations. They also said the manner in which the removal was pursued was a violation of their contracts and state law.

“I was completely unprepared for this conversation,” Hanson said. “It is a clear violation of the contractual agreement to update the entire board and to treat the entire board as one entity.”

Hanson said she would take legal action against Peterson, including filing a formal ethics complaint.

According to Colorado law, any meeting between two or more public officials must be made available to the public. In addition, school board members are not permitted to take action regarding the direction of the school district without input from other members.

“As a lawyer, I actually have an obligation to report ethical violations by other lawyers,” Hanson said. “I’m not comfortable having an individual on our payroll who is not living up to their contract legally or ethically, and I think that’s something that needs to be addressed immediately.”

Denver7 contacted the school district for the superintendent’s comment. A spokesperson said that because no votes were taken, they had no comment.

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