Hello, I Must Be Going
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A note on the churning of staff at the NJ Department Of Education:Penny MacCormack, the NJDOE's assistant commissioner, is leaving to run Montclair's schools. She was supposed to be overseeing the big Regional Achievement Center initiative at the heart of Commissioner Chris Cerf's grand plans. She had only been on the job for a year.
The Deputy Commissioner, Andy Smarick, is also leaving for the bright lights of Washington. He was always more comfortable on the wingnut welfare gravy train anyway; in fact, he never really gave up advocacy, even when it was a conflict of interest. He was here about two years.
And David Hespe, Cerf's Chief of Staff, is leaving to run a county college. He had been in his job for only a year.
Given their track records, I wonder if MacCormack's and Smarick's and Hespe's new employers ever stopped to
The Deputy Commissioner, Andy Smarick, is also leaving for the bright lights of Washington. He was always more comfortable on the wingnut welfare gravy train anyway; in fact, he never really gave up advocacy, even when it was a conflict of interest. He was here about two years.
And David Hespe, Cerf's Chief of Staff, is leaving to run a county college. He had been in his job for only a year.
Given their track records, I wonder if MacCormack's and Smarick's and Hespe's new employers ever stopped to