Preliminary figures have been released for what it cost the Langley School District to oust its superintendent.

An amended budget presented Tuesday night has the district paying $440,553 severance for former superindent Cheryle Beaumont and former assistant secretary-treasurer Tally Bains.

Board chair Wendy Johnson told the Langley Advance that she didn’t have a breakdown on how much is going to each former employee, but has said she wants the superintendent’s severance public.

“I would hope that we would be able to share that,” Johnson said in January. “We’re talking about public money.”

In addition to the severance, the district is spending $62,000 to find a new superintendent.

Until the position is filled, Suzanne Hoffman is acting superintendent.

The district announced Beaumont’s departure in January, saying it was a mutual agreement.

But the board was divided, with Trustees Alison McVeigh and Rod Ross critical of how the matter was handled, and voicing support for Beaumont.

Trustees had held an in camera meeting in which they voted 5-2 to let her go.

McVeigh disclosed what happened at the in camera meeting, and was censured by the board.