The board that oversees New Mexico's largest school district has decided to delay making a decision on the fate of its embattled superintendent after he hired an administrator charged with child sex abuse.
Albuquerque Public Schools Board President Don Duran announced the delay Thursday after board members met behind closed doors for more than four hours.
Duran didn't detail any of the discussion and said only that the board needs to review the matter further before determining whether Superintendent Luis Valentino will keep his job.
Valentino became superintendent in June and hired Jason Martinez to head the district's instruction and technology division. But the district never completed its background check on Martinez, who faces sex assault felonies involving two children in Colorado.
Martinez resigned abruptly last week.
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