As supporters and opponents of the
Richmond School Board’s split with Superintendent Dana T. Bedden clashed
online in the days after his exit was announced, another name was on
many lips: Dallas Dance.
The
36-year-old chief executive of Baltimore County Public Schools in
Maryland had broadcast his own abrupt departure just four days before
Bedden’s was revealed, also without explanation.
“People
are talking about it,” Del. Lamont Bagby, D-Henrico, said of the
timing. “It’s on social media, it’s everywhere; I’m hearing it.”
The
move would be a homecoming of sorts for Dance, who graduated from
Armstrong High School, attended Virginia Union and Virginia Commonwealth
universities, and got his start in Henrico County Public Schools,
alongside Bagby.
But it would
be unwise to rush into filling Bedden’s shoes, cautioned Cathy Mincberg,
president and CEO of the Center for Reform of School Systems in
Houston, which provides training for school boards and superintendents.
Dance’s
name has surfaced in board discussions, but a timetable for replacing
Bedden in an interim and permanent capacity has not yet been announced.
Neither Dance nor Bedden responded to interview requests Monday...
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