According to the article, the school district's board of trustees responded to a recent Grand Jury report which criticized the payment of $325,000 per acre -- six times the actual value. The district indicates it was misled by its advisers and not made aware of links between those representing the district and those selling the land itself.
An excerpt of the article:
"The district's support of Superintendent Steve Farrar wavered only when trustees conceded that he probably shouldn't have solicited a contribution from the seller of the property for a board on which he sat. The solicitation took place during the course of property negotiations, the grand jury said."
