Memphis City Schools Beat Blog

Buffalo (N.Y.) Schools Superintendent James Williams announced this afternoon that he's staying in Buffalo and withdrawing his name from consideration for the Memphis job. He was the second candidate to do so in as many days, much to the chagrin of Memphis school board members.

Flanked by Buffalo board members at a news conference, Williams said he had more work to do and it wouldn't be fair to the children to leave in the middle of the reform.

You can watch his conference here and read his statement here.

Tiffany Anderson, superintendent of Montgomery County (Va.) Schools dropped out on Thursday, saying she was concerned that the new superintendent would have a different board to work with than the one that hired him or her. Five of nine board members are up for re-election this fall.

Miami-Dade's Kriner Cash and Richmond's Yvonne Brandon, who interviewed on Monday and Tuesday, respectively, are still in the running. So is Orlando's Nicholas Gledich, who will interview this upcoming Monday. You can read his profile in Saturday's editions of The Commercial Appeal.

Why do you think these two dropped out? Are you satisfied with the remaining three contenders? Who do you think should be the next superintendent of Memphis City Schools?

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