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WATCH LIVE: Richmond School Board press briefing

Posted at 3:00 PM, Apr 16, 2013
and last updated 2013-04-16 15:39:38-04

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RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) –The school system has called a 3 p.m. press briefing “regarding the future of Richmond Public Schools.”

Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Yvonne Brandonis expected to announce she is stepping down from that job at a press conference Tuesday afternoon, school sources told CBS 6 investigative reporter Catie Beck.

Beck reported Bradon’s departure would come at the end of this school year.

Richmond School Board members and Dr. Brandon had been discussing Brandon’s departure for months, according to Beck’s sources. Last night in a closed school board session, board members learned that the announcement would come today, Beck said.

Brandon was appointed Superintendent of Richmond Schools in Jan. 2009. She was named “Acting Superintendent” in Aug. 2008.