July 17, 2007

That Didn't Take Long

Less than a week after Michelle Rhee’s confirmation as Washington, DC schools chancellor, the Washington Post publishes its first critical editorial of anything Rhee-lated, specifically the salaries being handed out to her ($275,000) and her deputies (two over $200k and a half dozen other six figure salaries). And this doesn’t even count the $275,000/year the new school facilities manager is pulling down, or the yet-to-be finalized severance package of former superintendent Clifford Janey.