This Isn't Surprising

Cincinnati School Superintendent Alton Frailey is leaving to become head of a suburban Dallas school district.

In a statement released Tuesday, Frailey said he and the DeSoto Independent School District board of education expect to spend the next three weeks working out details of a new contract.

"It is highly probable that we will easily come to a mutually satisfactory agreement," he said.
The district Frailey is joining is a marked contrast to the one he will be leaving.

DeSoto is a fast-growing, middle-class suburb of Dallas with 8,000 students. The district has achieved the second-highest rating in the Texas school accountability system for five consecutive years, Frailey said.

Frailey said he and his wife, Anissa, recently visited the district.

"We feel that there are many positive opportunities for our family there," he said.

Board of Education President Florence Newell said Tuesday night she was surprised by Frailey's announcement.

Now really, other than the money, why would anyone want to lead a school district that is controlled by an entrenched teachers union and inner-city street hucksters. On top of that, you've got to beg for money every few years in the form of tax levies to fund the schools. Michael Brandt - a good man now running the Newport School System - left for similar reasons.

Here's wishing Alton luck back in Texas.