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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Brathwaite follows Mack to Columbia
City schools deputy superintendent Debra Brathwaite has resigned effective Aug. 1 and will join her former boss as his top deputy in Columbia, S.C.
Brathwaite will follow Percy Mack, her boss in Dayton for five years, in a similar role in Columbia. She will be deputy superintendent for academics and finance.
“It’s a time in my career where it is time for a change,” Brathwaite said. “I am very pleased with what I’ve done here. It’s not an easy decision but I think it’s the right decision for me at this point.”
When Mack announced he was leaving in June, school board President Yvonne Isaacs approached Brathwaite about serving as interim superintendent while the district conducted a national search for Mack’s replacement. She declined, saying she would only accept the job on a permanent basis. The board then selected Kurt Stanic as interim superintendent. Brathwaite has been a finalist for several superintendent jobs, including Lorain, Akron and Princeton school districts.
Brathwaite said she liked Stanic and that he asked her to stay.
“He’s a good guy,” she said. “He respected my decision. I wish everyone well.”
Another top administrator, assistant superintendent Rebecca Lowry, was named a finalist recently for superintendent in Jackson, Miss., and Pinellas County, Fla.
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