No longer living under Rhee’s spotlight
The always-edifying Bill Turque has more on last week’s abrupt resignation of D.C.’s State Superintendent of Education, Kerri L. Briggs (for which she gave approximately 24- hours notice):
Even in a post-primary environment where scores of Fenty appointees are likely to be moving on, board members expected at least some advance notice…
“I had no idea this was coming,” said board chairman Ted Trabue (At Large). “At this level of professionalism, it is uncommon for someone to leave without significant notice.”
Briggs said in an e-mail Tuesday that she informed Fenty of her plans in mid-August and offered to stay on until Oct. 1 to ensure a smooth transition. But Fenty, perhaps reluctant to disclose a major resignation before the Sept. 14 primary, kept Briggs’s departure under wraps.
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