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New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza will leave his post in March as education officials work to reopen some public schools that have remained closed for most of the past year because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Meisha Porter, a longtime city Department of Education official and the executive superintendent of Bronx schools, will succeed Mr. Carranza, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office said Friday. Ms. Porter, 47 years old, will be the first Black woman to serve in the role. She will succeed Mr. Carranza on March 15, city officials said.
Mr. Carranza said that serving as the chief of the nation’s largest school district was his greatest honor.
“I am proud of what we’ve accomplished over the past three years and the change we’ve created together will help lift up generations of children for years to come,” he said.
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