Popular Pinole principal put on leave 90 minutes after graduation speech

PINOLE — A longtime principal ordered to return to a teaching position earlier this year is now under investigation — and on administrative leave — after talking about his removal at Pinole Valley High School’s graduation ceremony, he recently confirmed to the Bay Area News Group.

District officials have not publicly said why PVHS Principal Kibby Kleiman was placed on leave last month, but it came months after the West Contra Costa Unified School District board demoted him to teacher status without explanation...