The answers needed about Dr. Covington remain the same

I wrote these a couple days ago, right after Dr. Covington resigned. Here it is a couple days later and they're still relevant and we need answers to the following: 1) Why now? 2) Why all of a sudden? 3) It seems as though some event must have triggered this resignation, surely. What "event" was that? 4) Is there any truth to the rumor about this somehow being involved with a large ($86 million) contract Airick West is somehow supposedly involved in? Is Airick West "dirty" on this? (http://www.kctv5.com/story/15328292/covington-resigns-as-superintendent?clienttype=printable) 5) Was Dr. Covington in any way forced out? (The answer to this seems to be no but we aren't really sure). 6) If so, if that's the case, by whom? 7) Why in heck (I want to say hell) would the superintendent resign at the BEGINNING of the school year? That seems to suggest there was or is some big problem and/or reason for this resignation. 8) If that's the case, what is that big reason? 9) Was this due in part or in whole to some problem--the contract or something else--with Airick West? 10) If so, what was that problem and why is/was it insurmountable? For now, that's enough but the fact is, the answers to these questions alone would be long ones. I hope we find out soon. Links: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/08/24/3097178/covington-steps-down.html; http://videos.kansascity.com/vmix_hosted_apps/p/media?id=108245961; http://www.kansascity.com/2011/08/25/3097850/state-commissioner-says-kc-districts.html; http://voices.kansascity.com/entries/covington-could-have-handled-airick-west/; http://voices.kansascity.com/entries/benson-says-board-community-didnt-protect-covington/