Article: School chief under investigation.(Schools)(Central Linn District Superintendent Max Harrell's use of a vacation cash-out policy is under scrutiny by the board)

Byline: Karen McCowan The Register-Guard

BROWNSVILLE - The Central Linn School Board and the Linn County Sheriff's Office are investigating embattled district Superintendent Max Harrell's use of a vacation cash-out policy to recapture more than $8,000 he lost in a voluntary pay cut during a 2003-04 budget crisis.

School board Chairman Pat McConnel confirmed the probe last week, saying that Harrell had replenished his lost wages "by awarding himself additional vacation days." And she has requested the addition of an agenda item to a board executive session already scheduled for Monday night to discuss district labor negotiations.

That item, ...

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