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iJack Perry, deputy chief of Academic Enrichment, was previously founder and executive director
of Prestige Academy Charter
School in Wilmington, Del.,
which opened in 2008.
iJames Harris, executive director of operations, spent a year as
director of operations at Project
GRAD USA, a nonprofit collegeaccess program. Prior to that, he
worked as associate head of
school for one year at Citizens
Leadership Academy, a part of
Citizens
Academy
Schools,
which runs K-5 charters in Cleve-
land.
The district has also hired two
more executives, according to a
copy of an internal email obtained yesterday by the Daily
News. Zachary Epps has been
named director of advocacy and
external engagement and DawnLynne Kacer has been appointed
executive director of the Charter
School Office.
A school representative could
not be reached for comment.
Epps previously worked as
scorecard consultant for Results
Leadership Group, a consulting
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After a review by Durham lawyers regarding the bus outing in
June 2013, the board issued a public statement a month later calling it an inappropriate action,
but stated that Becoats had not
intended to violate school policy.
Becoats had asked to be billed
for the bus use and did pay it, but
the investigation found his payment didnt cover the full invoice
amount, the statement said. He
later paid the full amount.
The statement also included Becoats comments: After the use
of the activity bus on the contracted dates, I was informed of the local and state policy. I apologize
for my mistake.
He was issued a letter of reprimand by the board.
The media reported in late August, however, that Becoats had
been made aware of the bus usage policy by a district lawyer in
2011. At the time, the lawyer had
been advising the board about
bus usage in another matter, The
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