Acting D.C. schools chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee listens Wednesday night during the first public hearing on his nomination to lead the city’s schools. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) nominated Ferebee, the former superintendent of Indianapolis’s public schools, in December, and he has been serving as acting chancellor since last week. Ferebee sat in the audience in the high school’s gymnasium as residents testified in front of six council members. Chief among their concerns: Ferebee’s commitment to the traditional public school system. In Indianapolis, Ferebee surrendered many of the city’s lowest-performing elementary schools to private operators while those schools remained part of the traditional public school system.

Source: Washington Post January 31, 2019 03:56 UTC