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Phila. schools CEO candidate drops out

A Temple University dean who was one of three finalists for the top job in the Philadelphia School District said today that he has withdrawn from consideration.

Kent McGuire, 52, who heads Temple's College of Education, said he sent a withdrawal letter to School Reform Commission Chairwoman Sandra Dungee Glenn on Thursday.
Kent McGuire, 52, who heads Temple's College of Education, said he sent a withdrawal letter to School Reform Commission Chairwoman Sandra Dungee Glenn on Thursday.Read moreBONNIE WELLER / Inquirer Staff Photographer

A Temple University dean who was one of three finalists for the top job in the Philadelphia School District said today that he has withdrawn from consideration.

Kent McGuire, 52, who heads Temple's College of Education, said he sent a withdrawal letter to School Reform Commission Chairwoman Sandra Dungee Glenn on Thursday.

"I just came to a judgment that there are lots of people who probably can do that CEO job, not as many who can do the job that I have right now, given where things are for the college," McGuire said in a telephone interview this morning.

The two finalists remaining are Arlene Ackerman, 61, a former superintendent in Washington D.C. and San Francisco who now teaches at Columbia University's Teachers College, and Leroy D. Nunery II, a former Edison Schools executive who now runs his own education consulting company.

Contact staff writer Susan Snyder at 215-854-4693 or ssnyder@phillynews.com