Detroit Public Schools emergency manager Roy Roberts marched across his private conference room Wednesday morning and pointed to a whiteboard where he had drawn in black marker a chart showing the new top hierarchy for the school district.
Rochelle Riley: Roy Roberts: Every DPS job, contract is on the line
It had only seven jobs, down from the current 30.
But we ain't seen nothing yet.
Roberts, the former General Motors executive who has been with DPS for only five weeks, said he expects to make massive employee cuts. He also plans to cancel and rebid everymajor contract in an effort to eliminate a $227-million deficit and run the city schools like a business -- a business that will pay dividends to the community by successfully educating its children.
Roberts, who said his prime mission is to fully educate children, said