Jason Spencer has a follow-up story in the Chronicle today, noting that the list of HISD superintendent candidates is now down to three:
Pittsburgh schools Superintendent John Thompson is no longer a candidate for the Houston Independent School District’s top job, his spokeswoman said Wednesday.
It was unclear whether Thompson withdrew his name from consideration or simply did not make the cut for a second interview with HISD trustees.
“He didn’t give me a reason,” said Pittsburgh Public Schools spokeswoman Pat Crawford.
Thompson was a candidate for the Washington, D.C., superintendency in July but reportedly bowed out of the competition because officials there released his name to the media.
Thompson also had tried to interview secretly for the Houston job.
Don’t know if Thompson’s problem is that he wanted to stay incognito, but this is a big job for a whole list of reasons, and candidates should not expect to fly under the radar, even though HISD tried its best to make that happen.
