K.C. Administrators Share Interim Superintendency

By Adrienne D. Coles

Two top administrators will split the duties of interim superintendent for the Kansas City, Mo., schools while officials there search for a permanent replacement.

The school board voted last month to buy out Superintendent Henry Williams' contract after a report by a court-appointed committee that monitors desegregation efforts concluded that the district lacked leadership.

The board appointed Phyllis Chase, the district's associate superintendent for curriculum and instruction, to be interim superintendent, but the committee objected, saying that Ms. Chase did not have the financial expertise to handle the district's...