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Detroit
schools'
manager
to fire
superintendent
DETROIT
- The
state-appointed
emergency
manager
for the
Detroit
Public
Schools
says
he'll
fire a
superintendent
and make
other
changes
to exert
control
over
academic
policies.
The
Detroit
Free
Press
and The
Detroit
News
report
Roy
Roberts
announced
the
decision
Wednesday
in a
letter
to
employees.
The move
comes as
the
state's
tougher
emergency
manager
law
signed
by
Republican
Gov.
Rick
Snyder
in
December
takes
effect.
John
Telford
was
hired by
the
school
board as
interim
superintendent.
He says
he'll be
"superintendent
in
waiting
until we
beat
this in
court."
A power
struggle
began
last
year
when an
emergency
manager
law was
suspended
for
months
and
ultimately
repealed
by
voters.
Roberts
remained
on the
job
under an
old law,
which
had
fewer
powers,
but had
been
awaiting
the new
law's
additional
powers.
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