The St. Joseph School District Board of Education has voted to appoint Dr. Jake Long as acting Superintendent after the board voted Tuesday during a closed session to place Superintendent Dr. Fred Czerwonka and Chief Operating Officer Rick Hartigan on administrative leave.

In a news release sent out this morning the district confirmed that both Czerwonka and Hartigan have been placed on paid administrative leave pending further investigation.

Long has been the Student Services Director of Transportation and Safety since 2013.

“Because these are personnel matters that are the subject of an ongoing investigation, the Board will have no further comment on either action at this time,” the district said in the release.

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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.

The board met earlier this week in a closed door meeting with state auditors to review the report.

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.

CFO Beau Musser filed suit in May 2014 against the district, Superintendent Dr. Fred Czerwonka, Human Resources Director Doug Flowers, and School Board Member Dennis Snethen.

Musser claimed he was placed on leave for continuing to question the practice of handing out stipends to administrators without the knowledge or approval of the school board.

Musser was reinstated to his position last month.