Embattled Hartford, Conn., Superintendent Resigns

By Jeff Archer

The Hartford, Conn., schools' state-appointed management team jettisoned one of the last vestiges of the district's once locally elected board last week by arranging the exit of Superintendent Patricia Daniel.

The state board of trustees for the 25,500-student system accepted Ms. Daniel's resignation at a heated May 19 meeting, attended by many of her supporters, that ended with board members receiving a police escort from the building. The denouement followed a growing list of disagreements between the board and superintendent, and more recently, concern from the state education department that the district was...