5 things to know about Richard Carranza

Meet de Blasio's new New York City schools chancellor March 5, 2018

Richard A. Carranza was announced as New York City’s new schools chancellor in a low-drama announcement at City Hall on Monday afternoon. Here’s what you need to know about the new leader of the country’s largest public school system. The majority of New York City’s 1.1 million public school students are racial minorities, and 40 percent of them are Hispanic. Following in the footsteps of outgoing Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña and the mayor's initial pick of Alberto Carvalho, de Blasio has made it quite clear that he prefers to have a Spanish-speaking superintendent. Carranza was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona, the grandson of Mexican immigrants. Carranza spoke Spanish at home with his sheet-metal worker father and his hairdresser mother. He learned to speak English in school, before going on to college at the University of Arizona.

History in Houston Carranza’s previous job was school superintendent in Houston, Texas, the eighth-largest school district in the country. He joined a year and a half ago, in August 2016, after leading San Francisco’s schools for four years. Carranza faced serious challenges in Houston – chief among them, Hurricane Harvey, which damaged much of the city last summer and is expected to cause serious budget issues in coming years. Carranza earned a $345,000 salary in Houston, the same that he’ll make in New York, according to de Blasio. This is more than $100,000 more than Fariña’s salary, though she made well above $400,000 if you factor in her pension.

He showed up in person De Blasio’s first pick for chancellor, Alberto Carvalho, never made it to New York City to announce he was taking the job and instead said on live television that he would stay in Miami. De Blasio wasn’t going to let that happen again, and Carranza came in person to City Hall on Monday for the press conference after a weekend-long interview with de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray, who seems to be taking an increasingly large role in staffing choices within the de Blasio administration. De Blasio said that Carranza was his second pick, and that he called Carranza the same day that Carvalho declined the job. Carranza is a bit of a surprise choice, though. He had been in Houston for less than two years, and was not seen as a leading contender for the job.

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SF schools chief Richard Carranza leaving for Houston job July 28, 2016

With classes set to start in less than three weeks, San Francisco school officials suddenly find themselves looking for a new leader. Superintendent Richard Carranza took the city by surprise, announcing plans Wednesday to leave the district within the next month to take the top job in Houston. He spoke soon after Houston’s public school board unanimously chose him as the sole finalist for the job. By law, the board must now wait 21 days before taking a final vote on the hire. But barring unforeseen circumstances, “I’m planning on moving to Houston,” Carranza told The Chronicle.

The San Francisco school board, which has been closely watching the developments in Texas, has already selected an interim superintendent from the district’s top ranks. Myong Leigh, deputy superintendent for policy and operations, will lead the district during a search for a permanent replacement.

Carranza, 49, has been San Francisco’s superintendent for four years and has worked in the district for nearly eight. Prior to that, he held leadership roles in the Tucson and Las Vegas school districts. His time in San Francisco has largely been free of controversy. During his tenure, city schools have focused on reducing suspensions and providing extra resources in communities with more disadvantaged students. The board adopted an ethnic studies program in high schools as well as courses and curriculum dedicated to LGBT issues. Carranza led those efforts while also remaining committed to San Francisco’s sanctuary city policies, which protect immigrants in the community and the schools from potential consequences related to their legal status, Haney said. “I hope to hear about Houston dramatically reducing school suspensions, introducing LGBT studies and becoming a sanctuary school district,” Haney said. '''“For us, these are our values, this is what has been important in San Francisco, and Richard has reflected that

Change of heart Carranza, with a blue-collar background and fluency in Spanish, has been a sought-after superintendent nationally. In January, he was among the finalists for the job in Los Angeles before withdrawing from the selection process. At the time, he said there was still work to do in San Francisco, including overseeing changes to the student assignment process. But Carranza apparently had a change of heart when Houston called. “There are many similarities on a bigger scale to San Francisco,” he said. “I am from the Southwest, there’s that way of life that feels homey to me.” The Houston school district is about four times the size of San Francisco’s district, and is also focused on bettering language programs and increasing opportunity for disadvantaged students. Carranza said, like the song, he will leave his heart in San Francisco and miss the school community. “The honest truth is, there is never a good time to make a transition,” he said. “But SFUSD is on really solid ground. You can point in every direction and see solid structures and systems and strategies in place to ensure kids are being taken care of in the city.”

https://www.sfgate.com/education/article/SF-schools-chief-Richard-Carranza-picked-for-8464110.php

'He'd be out!': Trump threatens release of 'dishonest interviews' he says will get CNN's Chris Cuomo fired

President Trump took aim at CNN host Chris Cuomo, claiming to have information on him that could potentially lead to his termination at the network. "He is Fake News, will always be Fredo to us," the president said Monday in response to a Breitbart article about the anchor's most embarrassing moments of the year. "I should release some of his dishonest interviews? Coupled with bad ratings, he’d be out!"

Cuomo has been called "Fredo" by the president ever since he threatened a Trump supporter who referred to him by that name earlier this year. The CNN host claimed the term is the equivalent of the N-word for Italians. "Fredo" refers to the weaker, younger brother in the book and movie series The Godfather. Cuomo is the younger brother of Andrew Cuomo, who is the governor of New York. The Washington Examiner reached out to CNN for comment on Trump's claim of having damaging interviews with Cuomo, as it is unclear to what the president was referring.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/hed-be-out-trump-threatens-release-of-dishonest-interviews-he-says-will-get-cnns-chris-cuomo-fired

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>>7667775 SF schools chief Richard Carranza leaving for Houston job

Baker this post s/b removed from the planefag updates and place into the Carranza Dig

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Amen