NYT: In recent weeks, Mr. de Blasio and his team have reached out to Dr. Starr...

New York Times: 

It might normally be of little interest that Joshua P. Starr, a Maryland schools superintendent, spent the Thanksgiving holiday in Brooklyn, dining on crispy beef tongue fries and visiting a Jean Paul Gaultier exhibit...

...In recent weeks, Mr. de Blasio and his team have reached out to Dr. Starr, the superintendent of the Montgomery County school district, and Kaya Henderson, chancellor of the Washington school system, say people close to Dr. Starr and Ms. Henderson. It was unclear whether the calls were to gauge their interest or to merely solicit advice...

 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/04/nyregion/speculating-on-de-blasios-choice-for-schools-chief.html?ref=education&_r=1&