California school boards group exec retires amid credit-card, pay revelations

The Sacramento Bee reports:

It was a fall from grace for a man who has championed public schools across the state.

Scott Plotkin, executive director of the California School Boards Association, announced his retirement Friday amid revelations he had charged thousands of dollars to a company credit card at area casinos, and according to the most recent tax filings, was drawing annual pay of more than $500,000.

For the children.