Former Navajo education official lands new job
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
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Education
Tommy Lewis Jr., the Navajo Nation's first education superintendent, has been hired by a public school district in New Mexico, The Farmington Daily Times reports.
Lewis, who is Navajo, has been selected as superintendent for the
Central Consolidated School District. The district oversees 18 schools, most of them located on the reservation.
Lewis was fired by the tribe in July 2007 after a little over a year on the job. He settled his employment rights case earlier this year.
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CCSD prepared to confirm Lewis as superintendent
(The Farmington Daily Times 9/9)
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