Detroit Public Schools will not renew contracts of 33 principals

Oralander Brand-Williams:

The contracts of 33 principals will not be renewed, Detroit Public Schools officials announced this afternoon.The district also is reassigning more than two dozen school principals.

Robert Bobb, the district's emergency financial manager, said additionally, the district will conduct a full scale national search for 10 principal positions, district officials said.

Bobb told The Detroit News Thursday that he plans to change the operation of the district's school by giving its principals more autonomy and authority over finances and school budgets.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at May 16, 2009 1:33 AM
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