LARGO - Pinellas school district superintendent Clayton Wilcox announced his resignation that afternoon.

Wilcox, 53, will ask the School Board for the resignation to be effective June 1.

Wilcox said he is taking a job in New York City with Scholastic Inc., the world’s largest publisher of children’s books. He will be working with literacy projects with the company.

Wilcox has been at the helm since Nov. 1, 2004, when he replaced longtime superintendent Howard Hinesley. Wilcox was the first

superintendent hired from external the county in nearly four decades. Before coming to Pinellas, he was superintendent of the East Baton Rouge Parish school system in Louisiana.

With 106,000 students, Pinellas is the 22nd largest school district in the country and seventh largest in the state. It has more than 140 schools and an annual budget of about $1.5-billion.

Wilcox’s salary that year is $204,509.

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Original post by Times Editor