Lamesa school board members on Thursday night accepted a “voluntary retirement agreement” presented by Superintendent Jim Knight.The agreement came after board members spent almost an hour in closed session for discussions with legal counsel regarding Knight’s employment.“He resigned. It was his decision,” school board president Rebecca Gonzales said shortly after the board’s unanimous vote in open session to accept the agreement.The board immediately named Dalia Benavides, a former elementary principal here, to serve as acting interim superintendent beginning this coming Tuesday. “She’s been in education for 32 years, and she spent years working with students here with Lamesa ISD (Independent ...