The Grand Prairie Independent School District’s new superintendent has officially been fired just six months after he was hired.

Monday night’s 5-2 school board vote comes after allegations that Jorge Arredondo violated district policy — allegations that are still undisclosed — and later sued the district after he was put on leave.

Monday night to terminate the contract of embattled Superintendent Jorge Arredondo just shy of the school chief’s six month anniversary in the role. The decision to part ways with the superintendent occurred after a closed-door executive session of the board and the impassioned pleas of several speakers who urged the board to retain Arredondo in the role.