Return to Normalcy.For 18 months, North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. had one of the most awkward governance structures in the nation: a deputy state superintendent operating as chief administrative officer A chief administrative officer (CAO) is responsible for administrative management of private, public or governmental corporations. The CAO is one of the highest ranking members of an organization, managing daily operations and usually reporting directly to the chief executive for the state education department while the state superintendent cooled his heels on the sidelines On the sidelines An investor who decides not to invest due to market uncertainty. on the sidelines Of or relating to investors who, having assessed the market, have decided to avoid committing their funds. . But with the statewide election last November of Mike Ward to the superintendency Su`per`in`tend´en`cy n. 1. The act of superintending; superintendence. , the state board of education has approved a resolution restoring the state superintendency's authority. The North Carolina legislature has transferred the powers to the deputy superintendent, Richard Thompson, in midsummer 1995. Since both Ward and Thompson were former colleagues as district superintendents in the Tar Heel state, they have pledged to end the divisiveness that has plagued the governing structure for public schools. |
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