The Los Angeles Unified School District's communications team is letting reporters know that embattled Superintendent David Brewer will make a statement at 2 p.m. today.
He's going to announced that "he's moving on," a source who's familiar with Brewer's decision said.*
Brewer, an African American former Navy admiral, was last week subject to a failed attempt to buy him out of his four-year contract -- a situation that stirred up racial politics among district stakeholders.
The buy-out effort was led by Villaraigosa loyalist and Board President Monica Garcia, who is Latina. Board member Marguerite LaMotte, the board's lone African American, did not return for a proposed closed session vote on Brewer last Tuesday.
The superintendent just passed the two-year mark on that contract, and has faced criticism on a variety of fronts. He makes $380,000 per year, including benefits.
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