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Darnell Earley
Update, 11:50 a.m. Tuesday: “Darnell Earley was a complete disaster as the Emergency Manager of Detroit Public Schools and the City of Flint,” says Ron Bieber, President of the Michigan AFL-CIO, in a statement. “But let’s be clear, Rick Snyder is the one who’s ultimately responsible for Earley’s failures in Flint and Detroit.
“It’s time for the governor to step up and work with both parties in Lansing to deliver immediate relief to schools in Detroit, where our students are being forced to learn in deplorable classrooms with crumbling ceilings, mold, dead rats, and insufficient heating. No child should ever have to learn in schools with such dire conditions."
Original article, Tuesday morning
Darnell Earley, was was Flint's emergency manager when the city switched water systems, is expected Tuesday to announce he's stepping down as emergency manager of Detroit Public Schools.
Earley will leave Feb. 29, according to a press release by Gov. Rick Snyder quoted by WDIV.
“Darnell has done a very good job under some very difficult circumstances. I want to thank him for his professionalism and his service to the people of Michigan,” Snyder said in a news release. "He restructured a heavily bureaucratic central office, set in place operating and cost-containment measures, and has taken steps to stabilize enrollment. These factors should all set the course for a sustainable, new Detroit Community Schools, as I have proposed."
Earley, appointed by Gov. Rick Snyder, has been the Detroit school emergency manager since January 2015, and his term, under law, is up in June, the News reports. Not so long ago, he had been expected to serve his full term, but political pressure apparently changed that.
Earley's name has popped up the media as one the people who should shoulder some blame for the Flint water system. He's also come under attack as head of the school system because of poor building conditions. Teachers have also complained about such things as class sizes and have staged sickouts that shut schools.
