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Tony Watlington has been selected as the new superintendent of the School District of Philadelphia. Watlington is a career educator who currently is the superintendent of the Rowan-Salisbury School District in North Carolina. He takes over for William Hite on June 16. ....
The search committee tasked with finding a new superintendent to lead Philadelphia public schools was unmoved by calls to include a woman in the list of final candidates. ....
WHYY By Left to right: Lisa Salley, Cecelia Thompson, and Reginald Streater. (City of Philadelphia) Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney is nominating a lawyer, an engineer turned corporate executive, and a longtime activist for students with special needs to fill the open seats on the city’s board of education. If approved by City Council, Lisa Salley, Reginald Streater, and Cecelia Thompson would join the nine-member body that oversees a $3.5 billion budget and the education of roughly 200,000 children in district and charter schools. “I am proud to appoint these new members to the school board and believe they each will bring a valuable set of skills and diverse experiences to the table,” Kenney said in a statement. “I was inspired by their passion for public education and their eagerness to take on this critical work.” ....