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Another Rhee hire to exit D.C. schools; COO Tata will run Wake County, N.C., system

Another Rhee hire to exit D.C. schools; COO Tata will run Wake County, N.C., system

Another Rhee hire to exit D.C. schools; COO Tata will run Wake County, N.C., system

Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, December 27, 2010; 6:06 PM

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 monthto 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