Branham athletics saga: Board votes against hearing complaint supporting dismissed AD

SAN JOSE — After weeks of drama, the Branham High School athletics saga could be coming to an end.

On a night in which school board members formally recognized Landon Jacobs for being named Branham’s Teacher of the Year, the same board unanimously voted on Thursday not to take action on a complaint that called for the longtime athletic director to be reinstated to the job he lost this spring.

The complaint also demanded the reinstatement of associated student body bookkeeper Heather Cooper...