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By Sharon Noguchi Mercury News San Jose Mercury News Posted:12/03/ 2008 07:34:37 PM PST Days before a shake-up on the school board, Alum Rock School District Superintendent Norma Martinez has worked out a deal to resign from the struggling East San Jose district with about $294,000 in severance pay plus benefits. In a hastily called meeting Tuesday, the board voted 3-1 to release Martinez…