Post by Logan on May 12, 2016 1:59:02 GMT -6
Former Taft education adviser named new state schools superintendent
The State Board of Education Wednesday hired Paolo DeMaria, a Columbus education consultant and adviser to former Gov. Bob Taft, as Ohio's new superintendent of public instruction.
The board backed DeMaria, 53, by a vote of 19 to 0 after he emerged from a field of seven finalists interviewed earlier this week. He will be paid $180,000 a year with the possibility of a $20,000 annual performance bonus subject to criteria still to be negotiated.
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The unanimous vote also signaled that some fences have been mended on a board that has been deeply divided in recent years.
"I feel more enthusiastic now than I ever have in the last seven years with regard to the future of the Department of Education," Ann Jacobs, of Lima, said prior to the vote. "I feel as if we've turned a corner."
Read more: www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/05/11/interim-state-school-superintendent.html
The State Board of Education Wednesday hired Paolo DeMaria, a Columbus education consultant and adviser to former Gov. Bob Taft, as Ohio's new superintendent of public instruction.
The board backed DeMaria, 53, by a vote of 19 to 0 after he emerged from a field of seven finalists interviewed earlier this week. He will be paid $180,000 a year with the possibility of a $20,000 annual performance bonus subject to criteria still to be negotiated.
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The unanimous vote also signaled that some fences have been mended on a board that has been deeply divided in recent years.
"I feel more enthusiastic now than I ever have in the last seven years with regard to the future of the Department of Education," Ann Jacobs, of Lima, said prior to the vote. "I feel as if we've turned a corner."
Read more: www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/05/11/interim-state-school-superintendent.html