Clayton La Touche was just appointed as the director of education at the Toronto District School Board last January, taking up the post in February.

On Friday morning, less than a year into the job, he was fired by TDSB supervisor Rohit Gupta.

In a letter to all staff, Gupta wrote that La Touche was being relieved of his duties and Stacey Zucker, currently the associate director of education, would replace La Touche on an interim basis.

“Now in my sixth month as supervisor of the board, I feel that the TDSB needs a fresh start as we look to set the TDSB up for success in the years ahead. With that in mind and after much consideration, I, together with the minister of Education, have made the difficult decision to make a leadership change,” Gupta wrote.

“To that end, director of educati

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