With just days before Superintendent David Hornbeck's Monday departure, Mayor Street's administration either doesn't know or won't say who will take charge of the city's public schools. Schools reopen Sept. 7 for 210,000 kids. Teachers are threatening to strike.
Fiscal crisis threatens the district's stability.
And no one is minding the store, some advocates said. It's a question of leadership. The superintendent is like the CEO of a corporation. Daily News inquiries about an interim replacement for Hornbeck went unanswered yesterday. Barbara Grant, the mayor's spokeswoman and Debra Kahn, his education secretary, didn't return calls seeking comment.