The state will work with the Halifax County school district to find a replacement for departing superintendent Geraldine Middleton, said State Board of Education Chairman Bill Harrison.
Under a court order, the state Department of Public Instruction has a role in trying to improve student performance in the troubled district. More than half of the districts schools were labeled low performing because student test scores were so low, reports Lynn Bonner.
The poor performance triggered a provision in state law that would have allowed the state board to fire Middleton and appoint a temporary replacement. Harrison earlier this month said he did not want to fire her.
Middleton announced Monday night she was leaving Halifax for a job in Chicago.
The Halifax school board chairwoman is working closely with the state on the turn-around plan, Harrison said. He expects the relationship to continue as the board looks for a new superintendent.
"I think we'll work together and get someone to go in there and carry on the plan that's been put in place," he said.
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