Five days ago, the Sioux City School Board members in a special meeting placed district Superintendent Juan Cordova on a leave of absence.
Cordova was placed on leave after a lengthy closed session which was also set to “evaluate the professional competency” of a person.
Now, another special will be held at 5:15 pm on Monday, Nov. 17, at the downtown Sioux City School District headquarters. The agenda says the board members are expected to move into a closed session "to evaluate the professional competency" of a person.
A district official added that Iowa law prohibits sharing personnel information to pinpoint reasons or the duration of the paid administrative leave.
In October, the school board approved hiring the Lynch Dallas Law firm in Cedar Rapids as an outside investigator for a personnel matter that has not been publicly pinpointed.
This week, Cordova told Siouxland Public Media News that he could not give information about the latest leave of absence. When it came to whether he was the subject of the independent investigation, Cordova also declined comment.
This is the second leave of absence in four months for Cordova, who was hired in July 2025, after the retirement of former Superintendent Rod Earleywine.
