Neither Zywicki nor the board has publicly said what led to his suspension.with the board secretary against Zywicki, seeking to have him fired. The tenure charges made several allegations, including that Zywicki pressured a school board architect to donate $100,000 to help fund a new football field scoreboard and pay for the gift by secretly inflating his regular fees paid by the district.
The tenure charges also alleged Zywicki was “double-dipping” by getting paid by the district as superintendent while also doing work for Rutgers University, an allegation he denied.intervene and appoint an independent monitorSeparately, Zywicki’s lawsuit against multiple board members remains pending. Filed last November, the lawsuit alleged the board violated the state’s Open Public Meetings Act when it suspended him.