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Longview School Board Begins Process To Fire Superintendent Karen Cloninger

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Status

Reported, not yet confirmed

Independent sources

2

First seen

Oct 5, 10:58 PM PDT

updated Oct 7, 5:21 PM PDT

Topic

Local News

Reported by KPTV (FOX 12) and KOIN, not yet confirmed.

What Happened

Longview Superintendent Karen Cloninger was fired amid an investigation into sexual abuse at Mark Morris, KOIN reported. The Longview school board also initiated the process to fire Cloninger, according to KPTV.

Written by our system from the sources below (2), version 1, Oct 7, 5:47 PM PDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.

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How It Unfolded

Oct 5, 11:21 PM PDT · first source seenOct 7, 5:47 PM PDT · published

Official Confirmation

No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.

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How We Decided

Oct 5, 11:41 PM PDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 7, 5:47 PM PDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.