Lee's Summit School District Superintendent Dennis Carpenter has resigned under an agreement reached with the school board, the school district announced Tuesday.Under the agreement, the school district will pay Carpenter $750,000. The school district said a portion of this payment is being funded by the district’s insurance carrier.Carpenter was the first black superintendent of the predominantly white district. He spent two years with the district."We sincerely thank Dr. Carpenter for his service to our students, staff and community. With this, the Board of Education wants to emphasize that it remains committed to the work of our approved equity plan and the components of the plan," the school district said in a news release.The school board has named Dr. Emily Miller as the acting superintendent. Miller has served as the district's assistant superintendent of special services from 2012-2018 and as the assistant superintendent of operations since 2018.

Lee's Summit School District Superintendent Dennis Carpenter has resigned under an agreement reached with the school board, the school district announced Tuesday.

Under the agreement, the school district will pay Carpenter $750,000. The school district said a portion of this payment is being funded by the district’s insurance carrier.




Carpenter was the first black superintendent of the predominantly white district. He spent two years with the district.

"We sincerely thank Dr. Carpenter for his service to our students, staff and community. With this, the Board of Education wants to emphasize that it remains committed to the work of our approved equity plan and the components of the plan," the school district said in a news release.



The school board has named Dr. Emily Miller as the acting superintendent. Miller has served as the district's assistant superintendent of special services from 2012-2018 and as the assistant superintendent of operations since 2018.