LaVonne Sheffield, Broad Superintendents Academy Class of 2002
2 SUPERINTENDENT FINALISTS: MUCH PRAISE, SOME CONTROVERSY; February 20, 2009; Rockford Register Star (IL)
…Sheffield continues to be dogged by questions about a 2002 investigation into the misuse of school district money while working as a Detroit school administrator, [Paul] Vallas holds Sheffield in high regard and considers her among the top educators in the nation…The board will meet Tuesday with the search firm Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates to decide its next step. An announcement about the candidates could be made next week, but the board won’t introduce the candidates in a public meeting until the week of March 1 at the earliest…*