Bastrop, Tx–Bastrop school Superintendent Roderick Emanuel resigned his post Monday morning following a closed-door meeting with school trustees.
Officials said Emanuel will act as interim superintendent while the school board searches for a replacement, after which he will become Director of Employee Relations.
Emanuel, a 22-year employee of the school district from which he graduated, served seven years as superintendent. During his tenure voters approved significant bond issue proposals to renovate the Bastrop High School campus and later to construct a new Cedar Creek High School as well as a performing arts building and a new athletic stadium.
More recently Emanuel had come under fire because Bastrop High and Bastrop Middle School were rated academically unacceptable by the Texas Education Agency, based on standardized test scores. Those academic ratings became an issue earlier this year during school board election races.