Wow - Dems on the Wake School board said "Ta Ta" to Tea Party darling Tata! [View all]

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http://www.wral.com/news/education/wake_county_schools/story/11591345/

"CARY, N.C. — The Wake County Board of Education's party-line vote to fire the school district’s superintendent less than two years into his four-year contract could have negative financial implications for the growing school system.

Wake County Board of Commissioners Chair Paul Coble blasted the "very partisan" decision to oust Tony Tata, raising concerns about funding the planned construction of up to 24 new schools and continued acrimony over student assignment.

"Will the county commission vote to give $1 billion to a school board that has no leadership and, at this point, has no real plan?" he said Tuesday, adding that he expects the board to overhaul its student assignment plan now that Tata is gone. "How can we possibly decide where we're going to put schools, build new schools, when there's no effective reassignment plan and there's no real leadership."

Board member John Tedesco, who said he was "fundamentally and 100 percent opposed" to firing Tata, also pointed to possible financial repercussions from the decision prior to the board's vote to approve a separation agreement in which Tata receives more than $250,000."

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