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Another Top School Administrator Leaving Philadelphia

Grace Cannon, head of the Office of New School Models, is the fourth leader to leave the district since the school year ended.

One year after getting three new high schools off the ground, the Philadelphia School District's head of new school models is hitting the road.

Grace Cannon, who was hired in 2013 to direct the newly-created Office of New School Models, left the district yesterday, a spokesman said. She will become the head of corporate and foundation relations at Settlement Music School, one of the country's oldest arts schools, based in Philadelphia.

Cannon helped launch Building 21, The U School and LINC, all project-based citywide admission high schools which opened last September.

Her departure is the latest in a series of changes at the district's central office. Since the school year ended, the embattled district has said goodbye to its deputy superintendent, chief financial officer and chief academic supports officer. It has also hired four new executives and six new assistant superintendents.

 

 

Daniel Luzer is GOVERNING's news editor.
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