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National Search Begins to Replace Retiring Schools Chief Carmen Fariña

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On Thursday, December 21, schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña that in the next few months she would be retiring. The search has already begun across the country by Mayor Bill de Blasio to find a replacement capable of filling for her big shoes.

In a letter sent out Thursday morning, the 74-year-old chancellor officially told her staff about her plans of retirement. In the letter she reaffirmed her faith in the power of public education, reiterated her many achievements and thanked the many people and organizations that helped her accomplish such great things.

An excerpt from the letter read: “Today, I want to share with you my plans to retire (again) in the coming months. As I begin to prepare to step down as Chancellor, I want to reflect on our accomplishments and thank you – the incredible New York City educators who have made the work more engaging, meaningful, and joyful. I think of each of you with gratitude as I read this line in ‘To Be Of Use:’ ‘I want to be with people who submerge in the task.’ Submerging in the task with you has been an enormous gift.”

As a national search is conducted by City Hall behind closed doors for a new schools chief, there are reportedly a few names that have come out as possible candidates, which include the head of the Camden City School District in New Jersey, the superintendent of Miami-Dade Public Schools, and a former New York City schools chief.

The New York Times reports, “According to two people who had been informed about the administration’s efforts, who spoke anonymously because they were discussing private conversations, the names that have been floated include Jaime Aquino, the chief program officer for New Leaders for New Schools, a nonprofit that focuses on recruiting and training principals; Paymon Rouhanifard, the superintendent of the Camden City School District in New Jersey; Pedro Noguera, a professor at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles; Rudolph Crew, who served as chancellor of what was then the New York City Board of Education from 1995 to 1999 and is now president of Medgar Evers College; and Alberto M. Carvalho, the superintendent of Miami-Dade Public Schools.”

De Balsio has made it clear that whoever replaces Fariña as schools chief, should continue working on his education agenda as the chancellor has done so well for the last few years. The new chief will also face many challenges working in a city with 1.1 million students and 75,000 teachers, with wide racial achievement gaps, in addition to an annual budget of $30 billion, which is likely to see cuts as a result of the federal tax overhaul.

By Rachel Shapiro

 

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