Former Des Moines superintendent was subject of 2023 restraining order

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Former Des Moines superintendent Ian Andre Roberts was served a restraining order three months after being hired.

The restraining order was from Missouri, and the Polk County Sheriff's Office did not know what it pertained to.

Three months after the Des Moines Public Schools Board hired Ian Andre Roberts as the district’s superintendent, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office served him with a restraining order.

Lt. Mark Chance, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office, told the Des Moines Register on Wednesday, Oct. 1, that deputies presented the order to Roberts in August 2023. The order originated in Jackson County, Missouri, and law enforcement officers there asked Polk County deputies to serve Roberts with a copy of the order because he was living in Des Moines.

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