Sunday, March 15, 2009
News Clayton County school board fires superintendent
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 6:27 PM
Clayton County, whose turmoil CL covered last summer, has fired John Thompson, the superintendent who was supposed to help the system regain its accreditation. Clayton County was the first school system in the last 40 years to lose its accreditation. Thompson was the county's third superintendent in four years.
Megan Matteucci of the AJC reports:
John Thompson was dismissed Saturday, about a month before the 47,000-student district has one more chance to prove it deserves to be reaccredited. If it fails, the district would need to start over, a process that could take about three years.Valya Lee, assistant superintendent of student support services, was named interim superintendent. Lee, who started in Clayton in 1993 as a teacher, said she is not interested in the permanent position.
The leader of SACS [the accrediting body] said the board is heading in the right direction.
“It is clear this board is committed to a fresh start,” SACS President and Chief Executive Officer Mark A. Elgart said Saturday. “They are changing the way business is done in the school system.”
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