Cobb to vote on superintendent resignation Wednesday

Cobb County school board leaders met Saturday and plan to vote Wednesday on whether to accept Superintendent Michael Hinojosa's unexpected announcement that he will resign in May.

The board met in private session for several hours about Hinojosa’s planned exit, said school board chairman Kathleen Angelucci, who declined to give details. The board will vote on the matter at its regular meeting Wednesday at board offices, 514 Glover St., Marietta.

Hinojosa, 57, told the district Monday that he he decided months ago to step down so he could be closer to aging parents but did not want to announce the move until he had a solution to the $80 million budget deficit the district faces. The district plans to close the gap with a mix of a hiring freeze and a tax hike and more money in the state’s planned budget.