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Oakland schools chief finishes rocky first year
- 07-02-2010
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By Katy Murphy/Oakland Tribune
When word got out last year that Tony Smith was in the running to be the next superintendent of the Oakland school district, friends urged him to reconsider. He said some told him it would be "suicide" to take the job at the fiscally rocky and notoriously unstable school district. Not only was the district emerging from a six-year state takeover with a massive long-term debt amid the worst economic crisis in decades, but it was in the throes of a deadlocked labor dispute with its teachers. The year since then has been as tumultuous as promised. (more...)
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