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Who will be the next Superintendent of the Memphis City Schools?

Settled as Kriner Cash

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/jun/10/new-memphis-city-schools-superintendent-be-known-t/

Background:

Search firm offers five finalists for Memphis schools chief job
By Dakarai I. Aarons
Tuesday, May 6, 2008

A national search firm has picked five educators from East Coast school districts as finalists for the superintendency of Memphis City Schools.

Here are the finalists unveiled at a meeting of the Memphis Board of Education on Tuesday night:

Tiffany Anderson, superintendent of the Montgomery County Public Schools in Christiansburg, Va.

Yvonne Brandon, deputy superintendent of the Richmond (Va.) Public Schools.

Kriner Cash, chief of accountability and systemwide performance of the Miami-Dade (Fla.) County Public Schools.

Nicholas Gledich, chief operations officer of the Orange County (Fla.) Public Schools.

James Williams, superintendent of the Buffalo (N.Y.) Public Schools.

http://m.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/may/06/search-firm-offers-five-finalists-memphis-schools-/


Settlement details: As reported by the Memphis Commercial Appeal.

 
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Settled

Tiffany Anderson
2%
Yvonne Brandon
2%
Kriner Cash
35%
Nicholas Gledich
52%
James Williams
2%
someone other than these 5
8%
Activity: H$12,530
Settled as Kriner Cash on Tue 10th Jun 2008 7:41pm PDT

Suspend date: Tue 10th Jun 2008 3:30pm PDT Settlement date: Tue 10th Jun 2008 7:41pm PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Tue 10th Jun 2008 3:30pm PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Tiffany Anderson: 19%, Yvonne Brandon: 19%, Kriner Cash: 19%, Nicholas Gledich: 19%, James Williams: 19%, someone other than these 5: 5%

Action history:

Created Fri 9th May 2008 6:31am PDT by kgholderman
Suspended Tue 10th Jun 2008 3:30pm PDT : Suspend date reached
Settlement requested Tue 10th Jun 2008 4:47pm PDT by newswrangler[Power User]:
Winning prediction: Kriner Cash

"Board votes to hire Kriner Cash as superintendent of Memphis City Schools"

<http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/jun/10/new-memphis-city-schools-superintendent-be-known-t/>

Suspend date: Tue 10th Jun 2008 3:30pm PDT Settlement date: Tue 10th Jun 2008 7:41pm PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Tue 10th Jun 2008 3:30pm PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
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Predictions (14)

14 predictions

30 weeks ago
brixtolay predicted someone other than these 5 (H$400 at 3%)
30 weeks ago
bayoubear[Admin] predicted Nicholas Gledich (H$350 at 54%)
30 weeks ago
jenniandboys[Admin] predicted Kriner Cash (H$200 at 40%)
30 weeks ago
djmassey predicted Nicholas Gledich (H$100 at 54%)
31 weeks ago
kgholderman predicted Nicholas Gledich (H$100 at 19%)
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Comments (1)

This will settle tonight. Here are the current choices:


Nicholas Gledich

Age: 55

Current position: Chief operations officer, Orange County (Fla.) Public Schools

Current salary: $135,000

Education: Bachelor's in elementary education, Lock Haven State College, 1975; master's in educational leadership, University of Central Florida, 1981; doctorate in educational leadership, University of Florida, 1993.

Previous positions: Elementary school principal, 1982-96; senior director of elementary education services, OCPS, 1996-98; associate superintendent for education services, OCPS, 1998-2003; senior executive director of policy, accountability and evaluation, Orange County Public Schools, 2003-04.

Personal: Married with one grown son.

Kriner Cash

Age: 53

Current position: Chief of accountability and systemwide performance for Miami-Dade County (Fla.) Public Schools

Current salary: $188,908

Education: Bachelor's in political science, Princeton University; master's in administration and policy, Stanford University; doctorate of education, University of Massachusetts.

Previous positions: Department chairman and assistant professor, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, 1983-91; associate dean and assistant professor, Howard University, 1993-95; superintendent, Martha's Vineyard Public Schools, 1995-2004.

Personal: Married with three grown sons.
posted 30 weeks ago

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