NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio -- An email from a former North Royalton Board of Education member to three current school board members regarding Superintendent Michael Laub has generated controversy.

It’s uncertain whether the Oct. 4 email -- from John Kelly, a one-time school board president -- was a factor in Laub’s decision to leave North Royalton and accept a position as Avon Local Schools superintendent .

The email also raised concerns that Kelly had a conflict of interest when he, in his email, urged board members not to rehire Laub if he retired and then offered his own company’s help to find a new superintendent.

The board was considering approval of a retire-rehire arrangement with Laub -- through which Laub would have retired and started collecting a state pension while simultaneousl

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