Why did Fresno Unified spend 15 months, $75K to pick an insider as superintendent?

Reality Check is a Fresno Bee series holding those in power to account and shining a light on their decisions. Have a tip? Email [email protected] .

For the past 15 months, Fresno Unified board has been searching across the country for a permanent superintendent, but their eventual choice was right under their noses.

Despite opposition from the teachers union and Trustee Susan Wittrup — the latter argued the district needed an outsider to transform a failing culture — the school board on Wednesday officially removed Misty Her’s interim tag, making her Fresno Unified’s first female leader…

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