Frank Sherburne steps down amid pressure from parents who called for his ouster after he broke the district’s nepotism policy by hiring his son, who lacked state approval to work with students and was later charged with the sexual assault of a student in another district.

The school board strayed from the norm by not hiring an outside attorney to determine whether two members and the superintendent had violated the district’s nepotism policy.

Residents are outraged after a marathon closed-door session on the hiring of Superintendent Frank Sherburne’s son, who was later charged with sexual assault in another district.