( KLZA) -- A committee consisting of Pawnee City School Board members Hope Koester, Lisa Hunzeker and Jason Vetrovsky has been appointed to investigate and interview superintendent Brian Rottinghaus and parents involved in a situation within the Pawnee City School District.

On April 5, the Pawnee City Board of Education met for just over 12 hours conducting a public hearing to consider the cancellation or continuation of the employment of Third Grade Teacher Scott Brumbaugh.

Following an executive session, the Board voted 3-3 on a motion to adopt the terms for cancellation of Brumbaugh's contract. It would have taken a majority vote to terminate the contract.

This formal complaint against Superintendent Rotinghaus is related to the same situation involving a student that led to the vote on Brumbaughs contract. Brumbaugh has been reinstated from a suspension following the vote.

No other details of the matter have been released.

Superintendent Rottinghaus is in the first year of a two-year contract that runs through June 30, 2023. There are a number of contract terms under which the contract could be cancelled.