The new Chancellor would not even be able to start the school year on time.

A successful visit by the new chancellor is very much in Washington's interest.

A new chancellor should know what kind of authority he or she has to get things done.

Even more important than who takes his place, however, is the question of what the new chancellor should do to improve the city's public schools.

We have a dynamic new Chancellor who is beginning the process of change.

It was not clear if he would be asked again to serve during a search for a new chancellor.

Even the search for a new chancellor got off to a slow start.

Would she give the Mayor a greater say over the board and a new chancellor in return for peace?

The new chancellor could be someone from the "business world who has an education vision," he said.

"Members generally speaking want to give the new Chancellor a chance to run the system," he said.