Approximately three months after parting ways with IDEA Public (Charter) Schools’ former CEO Tom Torkelson, paying him $900,000 as a parting gift (AKA, CEO Transition Plan Agreement), another high-level administrator has said goodbye. Namely, the charter operator’s CFO (Chief Financial Officer) Wyatt Truscheit. Dave Hendricks with KRGV-TV broke the story last week after gaining access to an email sent to IDEA employees July 16. In that email, IDEA’s new CEO, JoAnn Gama, who along with Torkelson co-founded the charter school approximately 20 years ago from their home base in Donna, Texas, said that all IDEA officers, employees, board of directors, and ...