Galveston County

Texas School Chief Ousted for Handgun Gets $106K Severance

A Galveston-area school superintendent who admitted leaving her loaded gun in a school vehicle has reached a separation agreement that will allow her to maintain her $106,000 salary through January.

The terms of the agreement between D'Ann Vonderau and the High Island school district board include that she resign as superintendent effective July 17.

The Galveston County Daily News reports she will remain a district employee until Jan. 31, acting as a special assistant to the interim superintendent.

She left the gun in a district SUV in May after traveling to another school district for a meeting, then forgot to retrieve the weapon.

The gun was discovered by a student-athlete as the High Island baseball team later used the SUV to travel to a game. Nobody was hurt.

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