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The Calgary Board of Education’s chief superintendent has tendered his resignation to trustees with more than a year and six months remaining on his five-year contract.

David Stevenson’s resignation comes just two weeks after school board elections that saw a number of trustees critical of administration spending propelled to office.

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Stevenson, who has worked for the CBE for more than 42 years, was paid $295,000 annually in base salary when he took over the role of chief superintendent in June 2014, according to figures published on the CBE’s website.

Stevenson will receive a retiring allowance of one year’s salary when he leaves the job next spring, according to his contract — the same deal that was offered to his predecessor, Naomi Johnson, who also stepped down early.

Correspondence obtained by Postmedia and sent to school board officials on Thursday offered no details as to why the veteran administrator was stepping down.