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@@@ ARNOLD聽 鈥?聽 The Fox School Board on Tuesday changed course and voted against hiring a board member's daughter as a <a href=http://capstone.edu.sg/images/guccioutlet.onlinesalecc.php>Gucci Outlet</a> special-education teacher's aide.The board had voted Aug. 19聽to hire聽Sophia Hermann to the $9.87-an-hour position at Simpson Elementary School. She was to work 6.5 hours a day for an annual salary of $11,286 with partial benefits. Her mother is Cheryl Hermann, the Fox district's longest-serving board member.Board member Dan Kroupa said Tuesday he was upset no one informed the board of the relationship and that he didn't know a board member's relative was being considered when voting on a group of hires.聽"We're under more scrutiny, and rightfully so," Kroupa said.聽The district has come under fire since nasty comments posted on a Topix website about district critics were traced to the home of Dianne Critchlow, the district's former superintendent, and her husband, and to other administrators as part of a libel lawsuit.Critchlow, 48, agreed in June to retire but denied she had made the comments. Her husband, who headed an at-risk program, was fired and other administrators were reprimanded.She retired with a $267,468 salary, among the highest in the state, which angered many at a time when the district is trimming millions from its budget.The board voted 4-1 Tuesday not to hire Sophia Hermann. Her mother abstained, Vern Sullivan was absent and David Palmer voted in favor of the hire, <a href=http://capstone.edu.sg/clreplicashoes.php>Christian Louboutin Outlet</a> saying he couldn't vote against hiring someone who was the best candidate for the job.聽Todd Scott, assistant superintendent for human resources, said Tuesday that Sophia Hermann was among the top applicants for the job due to her experience working with severely autistic children. He apologized for not telling the board that she was related to a board member.Board President John Laughlin said no district policies were broken in hiring Sophia Hermann, and that an anti-nepotism policy adopted in June of last year required a committee be formed before the relative of a board member or superintendent or assistant superintendent is hired for a management position.Cheryl Hermann abstained from voting on her daughter's hire last month. She tried to speak at the Tuesday meeting, but Laughlin said she was not allowed to because of her family tie to the discussion.After the meeting, she said she thought the board knew Sophia Hermann was her daughter. She also said it's "very sad" that a highly qualified person <a href=http://www.avanttravel.com/michaelkorssonline.php> michael kors handbags</a> won't be working with kids.The anti-nepotism policy enacted last year allows board members to hire relatives for nonsupervisory positions, such as teachers, custodians, nurses, coaches and secretaries.The board had come under fire for hiring Kelly Nash, who was an assistant manager at a McDonald鈥檚 restaurant and is the daughter-in-law of then-board president Linda Nash, as food services director for $65,000 a year, even though she had only a high school diploma and lacks the certifications and education required by other districts. She started her job in December 2012.Laughlin said it's likely the board will re-visit its anti-nepotism policy soon to tighten it further.