New Year Brings Top-Level Changes In Several Big Districts
Midyear leadership shuffles at a handful of the nation's largest school systems promise to bring new direction—and in some cases continued uncertainty—as 2000 begins.
A new superintendent is in place for the San Antonio schools, while searches for chief executives continue in Detroit and Clark County, Nev., which includes Las Vegas. And Philadelphia begins the new year with the city's first-ever education secretary and the prospect of a school board turnover in March.
Philadelphia's newly elected mayor, Democrat John F. Street, who under a new city charter has the power to appoint the nine-member school board, has tapped former school board member Debra Kahn as his top education advisor. While observers are waiting to learn precisely what role she will play in K-12 education, Ms. Kahn is no stranger to city government and says she has a clear...
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