Roberts was then placed on paid administrative leave pending more information by the Des Moines Public School Board on Saturday after a vote determined he was unable to perform his duties. ‘My career chose me’His arrest came one month into the school year, shook the community and spurred a protest outside the federal courthouse in Des Moines. The school district and DHS presented starkly divergent portraits of Roberts. The Iowa Board of Educational Examiners issued Roberts a license to serve as superintendent in the state in July 2023, according to Norris. Norris said the school district only recently learned of the final removal order for Roberts issued by a judge in 2024.