DPS chief operating officer Hank Hurd will serve as the district's interim superintendent, school board members voted unanimously tonight.
Hurd will serve in the position effective Jan. 1 until the board appoints a new superintendent. Board members said they hoped to seat a candidate by April - but no later than July 1.
Hurd is filling in for outgoing superintendent Carl Harris, who resigned last week to move onto a post with the U.S. Department of Education. Harris, who was superintendent for three years, will leave the school system Dec. 31.
Hurd has been with Durham Public Schools for seven years. He previously served as the associate state superintendent for financial business services for the N.C. Department of Public Instruction and also worked at Harnett County Schools. He said he will continue as chief operating officer in the district in addition to his new duties.
Read the full story in tomorrow's N&O.
Sadia Latifi has been a reporter for The News & Observer since June 2009. She currently covers the town of Cary. 
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Search for a Super Intendent
Wed, 11/11/2009 - 09:30 — elJusticieroSo the Board is evaluating proposals from three search firms that were recommended by the Broad Foundation!!!
Everyone needs to know that the Broad Foundation is a private organization dedicated to transforming your school system into a corporate business enterprise. The Broad Foundation comes to a school district and throws around its millions in influence, gets teachers and administrators fired and uses children as educational guinea pigs.
Here's a quote from its founder Eli Broad (via the Financial Times):
“I don’t worry about getting fired, nor does Bill Gates. So we’re going to take risks. Some things are not going to work out. And if they don’t work out, we move on.”
In other words, there is zero accountability for philanthro/capitalists!
Accountability - it's not for the rich or apparently for our School Board!!!