SAN FRANCISCO (AP) San Francisco schools chief Arlene Ackerman
vows to stay in her job, despite saying a day earlier that clashes
with members of the city's school board were driving her to
consider quitting.
Board members with whom Ackerman has disagreed said they remain
steadfast in their objections to her management of the district,
and they characterized her views as autocratic and unyielding.
Surrounded by parent group representatives, children's advocates
and business and political leaders at a news conference Thursday,
Ackerman said she was not leaving her post.
``I am not going to have anybody run me out of this school
district,'' said Ackerman. ``I don't plan to leave here until I'm
ready to retire.''
Ackerman is chief executive of the 58,000-student San Francisco
Unified School District. The city's first black schools chief, she
was hired by the board in 2000.
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