will not succeed. reporter: in 2009, he was brought in by michigan s governor to overhaul a system replete with waste, fraud and abuse and assume the manager of detroit schools. he is dead set on routing out the corruption while boosting the graduation rate from 57% to 98% in five years. he is shrinking the school system as more and more families move out of detroit. you have closed 59 schools more than one quart over detroit public schoolschoolers which ha angered parents and teachers. and we will ainge e mnger mo because i will close 20 more. reporter: many families are upset about the drastic cuts, but they are upset about the cuts. it is not the buildings or