The Miami-Dade School Board voted 6-3 today to give a two-year contract to its new superintendent, Alberto Carvalho, instead of the three-year deal he initially negotiated, the Miami Herald reports. The board voted down the three-year contract after controversy arose about Carvalho’s quick selection as superintendent and purported e-mails suggesting a possible romantic link between Carvalho and the Herald’s former education reporter.

Last month, Carvalho (left) turned down an offer to be the Pinellas superintendent after the Miami-Dade board selected him just hours after it parted ways with former superintendent Rudy Crew. His new contract calls for a salary of $275,000.

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