Breaking: Seattle schools chief steps down

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Seattle Schools Superintendent Raj Manhas will resign at the end of the school year.

Manhas announced his plans this afternoon, less than a week after the school board killed his most recent school-closure recommendations. Manhas was in the final year of his contract.

Manhas joined Seattle Public Schools as chief operating officer in October 2001 and slid into the interim superintendent's post in October 2003, when Joseph Olchefske stepped down amid financial troubles.

Later that year, a search for a former superintendent failed, and the school board appointed Manhas.

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