Sources have confirmed to the St. Joseph Post that both St. Joseph School District Superintendent Dr. Fred Czerwonka and Operating Officer Rick Hartigan have been placed on administrative leave.

An official with the St. Joseph School District confirmed that a vote was taken by the Board of Education Tuesday to place Czerwonka and Hartigan on leave.

The district is working to get information to release to the public today.

The vote was originally intended to be made public Friday but leaks to media have made the information come to light sooner then anticipated by the St. Joseph School Board.

“Have 72 hours to make it public,” an unnamed official said. “It’s designed so if you vote on something that has to do with an employee you can go tell them first so they don’t find out by newspaper.”

Czerwonka started with the district in 2013 and Hartigan has been with the school district for more than 25 years.

The FBI started investigating the school district last year and the district has received several subpoenas for personnel records.

A source told the St. Joseph Post the board has 30 days from last Friday to respond to Audit findings and it is anticipated that the board will respond to the findings line by line.

When the Audit will be made public is still unknown, however it’s believed the findings are tied to information the public has already been made aware of.

Dr. Jake Long Student Services Director of Transportation and Safety has been named acting Superintendent.

As more information becomes available we will update.