Corporate-Style Team Sought To Take Charge of Philly District
Rather than seek a new superintendent, the Philadelphia school board is working to assemble a corporate-style management team to lead the 217,000-student district.
As Superintendent David W. Hornbeck's six-year tenure ended last month, the board spread his duties between two executives who will manage the district's business and academic affairs.
Deidre R. Farmbry, a veteran Philadelphia educator, will serve as the chief academic officer. Along with chief operating and financial officers who were appointed in May, she will report to an interim chief executive officer, whom the board hopes to name by the end of the month. The board is screening regional candidates for the position of interim CEO and intends to conduct a national search to...
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