Daley Appoints New Chicago School CEO
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Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley named an aide to former public school chief executive Paul Vallas to replace him as head of the nation’s third-largest school system.
Arne Duncan, 36, will preside over a school system with 435,000 students, 45,900 employees and a $3.5-billion annual budget. Vallas resigned June 7 after six years as CEO of Chicago Public Schools.
Duncan became the deputy chief of staff in 1999 after working since 1998 as director of magnet schools for the city’s board of education.
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