Castaic Union School District officials have put Superintendent Jim Gibson on paid administrative leave following a board vote Monday, according to officials.

The decision was made at a special board meeting Monday night, said board President Steve Teeman.

A statement from the district read:

“On May 4, 2015, the Board of Trustees took action to place Mr. Gibson on paid nondisciplinary administrative leave.”

Teeman asked assistant superintendent Janene Maxon to serve as interim superintendent, according to the statement.

“The board has been advised by legal counsel that we may not provide any additional information at this time,” according to the statement.

It was a “personnel matter that has not yet been resolved,” Teeman said, adding that Maxon would serve the role in an interim capacity, and replacement talk was “premature.”

He confirmed the board would discuss the matter at its next board meeting, May 19.

Gibson is the longest serving superintendent for a K-12 district in the Santa Clarita Valley.

The Castaic Union School District realized a $4.1 million shortfall in its budget for the coming year recently, prompting a series of community meetings and alarm from parents, as service reductions were announced.

Castaic Schools Announce Layoffs, More Cuts To Come

School officials are cutting $4.1 million from the operating budget through: layoffs for 30 teachers throughout the district ($2.36 million); a reduction in classified staff, the equivalent of 13 full-time positions ($417,000); reductions in administrative staff expected to save more than $340,000; $50,000 in reduced transportation services; and the aforementioned reduction of $300,000 in services each year.

The district also decided to move its sixth-grade classrooms to the elementary school, from the middle school, which is expected to save a little more than $230,000.

“The significant factors contributing to the District’s financial condition: 1) consecutive recessionary years without sufficient offsetting budget reductions for expenditures, 2) internal and external borrowings that mask the significance of cash flow shortages, and 3) declining local enrollment of students.

The district had been using short-term borrowing from inter-fund reserves and external sources, according to auditors.