The DeKalb County Board of Education is expected to vote today on whether Cheryl Watson-Harris will become its next superintendent.
The school board has called a meeting for 10:30 a.m. where they will immediately enter into executive session for the purpose of discussing personnel matters. One action item is on the agenda: To vote on hiring Watson-Harris.
Watson-Harris, currently the first deputy chancellor for the New York City Department of Education, was announced on June 4 as the district’s second superintendent finalist. Rudy Crew was announced in April as the heir-apparent for the district’s top job. School board members voted 4-3 not to hire him on May 11.
If hired, Watson-Harris would make $325,000 with additional stipends. She inherits a district still reeling from allegations of financial mismanagement that recently lost its credit rating from Moody’s Investors Service after falling behind on its financial audits.
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