Deborah Gist. That’s one of the names I received after I wrote that District residents should ask presumptive Mayor Vincent C. Gray whom he intends to select as schools chancellor, if he ditches Michelle Rhee.

Personally, I think Rhee has done a terrific job and deserves to be retained. But even with an increase in the schools population — the result of the chancellor’s aggressive recruitment campaign — and notable academic improvements, it appears Gray will say bye-bye.

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