Galveston ISD and its embattled superintendent agreed to part ways during an hours-long special meeting that started Monday night and lasted until early Tuesday. School board president Tony Brown said he and fellow trustees accepted the resignation of Jerry Gibson, who had drawn scrutiny in recent weeks for pursuing other superintendent jobs and making comments at a groundbreaking ceremony that were perceived to be sexist. Attorneys for both Gibson and the school district negotiated terms of a resignation agreement during the meeting's closed-to-the-public executive session, according to Brown, who said Gibson would remain employed by the district through June 30 and receive a severance package totaling $70,000. Brown described Gibson's resignation as voluntary, saying Gibson was not told he would be terminated if he did not resign.