Baron Davis was awarded a contract extension last September as superintendent of the Richland 2 school district in northeast Richland County. Four months later, he abruptly resigned.
His was the most recent in a string of superintendent departures in the Midlands. Six of the seven school districts in Richland and Lexington counties have said goodbye to their top leaders in the last four years, including four in just two and a half years. At least three of the departures apparently followed friction with their school boards.
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