DMPS places chief academic officer on paid leave

For the second time in less than a month, Des Moines Public Schools officials have placed a top administrator on administrative leave.

On Oct. 21, district spokesperson Phil Roeder confirmed Robert Lundin, the district's chief academic officer, was placed on paid leave Oct. 6. The district isn't saying why.

"(I)t is a personnel matter, and we have nothing further to add at this time," Roeder said in a message to the Des Moines Register.