Article: Head of Oakland schools unexpectedly leaving post

OAKLAND -- On Friday, the eve of her one-year anniversary at the helm of the School District, State Administrator Kimberly Statham gathered her top staff members and announced her resignation.

The news surprised even some of her closest colleagues, but it would be an exaggeration to say they were stunned. When Statham came to Oakland in May 2005, she left her husband and children in Maryland.

As the district's chief academic officer and later, state administrator, she struggled to balance her work and her family life -- a difficult proposition when home is thousands of miles away.

Her last day is Sept. 27.

"It's something my family and I have been contemplating for some time," Statham, ...

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