Gallon drops out of Madison superintendent race

Andy Hall, via a reader's email:

high-ranking Miami-Dade Public Schools official says he withdrew his candidacy to become superintendent of the Madison School District, leaving just two educators from Green Bay and Boston in the running to head Wisconsin's second-largest school district.

"My withdrawal is in no fashion any reflection on the people of Madison or the school district," Steve Gallon III, who oversees Miami-Dade's alternative education schools and programs, said Monday afternoon.

Gallon said he believes the School Board was notified of his decision before it began its deliberations Saturday to name its top pick to succeed Superintendent Art Rainwater, who is retiring on June 30.

Gallon, a Miami native, said "people in Wisconsin were great" last week during his visit. He said it would be "presumptuous" of him to discuss his reasons for stepping aside, and Board President Arlene Silveira "would be a better position to share" the details.

Silveira said according to the school board's consultant Gallon took another superintendent's job.

Related: WKOW-TV report on the MMSD's offer to Dan Nerad.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at January 28, 2008 4:53 PM
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