Pr. George’s officials wary as schools chief Deasy resigns

Tuesday’s unexpected resignation of Prince George’s County Public Schools Superintendent John Deasy left officials shocked but hopeful the troubled district could stay on a reformist path minus its top reformer.

Deasy, in his third year leading 130,000 students in the nation’s 18th-largest district, announced his new position as of Feb. 1, 2009, as deputy director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s educational division.