Schools Official Hired by Chicago District
A deputy superintendent with the Pasadena Unified School District was appointed Wednesday to the No. 2 position in the Chicago School District.
Robert A. Sampieri, 55, says he expects to start his new job as chief operations officer, at a salary of $140,000, in mid-February. The Chicago district, which serves between 410,000 and 430,000 students, is the nation’s third largest, after New York and Los Angeles.
Sampieri was deputy for personnel and business services in the 21,500-student Pasadena district for four years. He also was the assistant superintendent in the Compton Unified School District and worked for the Los Angeles Unified School District for 26 years.
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