Less than one week after being appointed to oversee the closure of a financially troubled charter school and recover hundreds of thousands in misspent funds there, Utah State Auditor John Dougall has resigned from the position.
In a letter dated Monday and sent to the charter, Dougall wrote: “It has been an honor to work with you during the past 3 business days.” He will step down, he noted, now that a new board has been put in place to run the process instead.
That board met Monday — and at the start of the meeting, consisted of only one person, Royce Van Tassell, the executive director of the Utah Association of Public Charter Schools.