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The newly hired Bettendorf superintendent continues to operate his side consulting business, while the district refuses to say if school board president Paul Castro has authorized the activity.

John Elkin was hired as interim superintendent by the Bettendorf school board last month at a salary of more than $218,000, after the board paid the outgoing superintendent $720,000 to resign.

Even as deputy to the director of the Iowa State School Board, Elkin operated his consulting firm, Premier ED Leader Resources LLC , which provides internal investigative training to school districts in Iowa and other neighboring states. The firm charges school districts $300 per person to attend its training seminars.