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Looking back: What Joel Klein said about leaving last year | GothamSchools

Looking back: What Joel Klein said about leaving last year | GothamSchools

Looking back: What Joel Klein said about leaving last year

screen-shot-2010-12-21-at-44410-pmHere’s a reminder of exactly how much can change in a year.

Though Chancellor Joel Klein now says that he told Mayor Bloomberg he would stay through the mayor’s second term and leave in the third, that wasn’t what the public heard at the time.

Nearly a year ago, Klein sat down for an interview with NY1 education reporter Lindsey Christ to talk about what Bloomberg’s third term would bring for the city’s schools. Here’s a snippet of the dialogue:

Christ: Are you planning on staying on for the next four years as chancellor? There’ve been a lot of