Another Rhee hire to exit D.C. schools
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Despite assurances from former D.C. schools chancellor Michelle A. Rhee that the senior management team she assembled during her 31/2-year tenure would remain intact until at least the end of the school year, the system's chief operating officer will leave next month.
Anthony J. Tata, who oversees food services, purchasing, technology and logistical tasks such as textbook delivery, will depart at the end of next month to become superintendent of the Wake County, N.C., school system, which includes the state capital, Raleigh. He joins several other key school officials just below the senior level who have left in recent weeks, including the chief of teacher professional development and the director of the office in charge of secondary school improvement.
When Rhee resigned in October, she said that she was confident her agenda would continue to move forward based on Mayor-elect Vincent C. Gray's (D) selection
