Vallas Ousts 3 Administrators at Troubled Chicago School

By Ann Bradley

Leaders of the Chicago public schools, declaring a city high school to be "in a state of educational crisis," last week removed three administrators and called for new elections to the council that governs the school.

The action by Paul Vallas, the chief executive officer of the system, capped three weeks of controversy over allegations of misconduct at Prosser Vocational Academic Preparation Center.

In moving to address complaints about the school, Mr. Vallas ran into stiff opposition from local advocates of school reform, who accused him of seizing "dictatorial powers" for himself and the system's...