"indefinate" means they have not agreed on a "defined" period of time.
Yes...he is getting paid.
On top of that..the district has to pay more money for a substitute to come in and take over.
There probably will be some sort of process - hearings of some sort - where the suspension or reinstatement terms will be ironed through.
If he is tenured - he has the union and their lawyers behind him, and the process can be very long and expensive for the school district.
oy. It's a no win situation, huh?