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No Replacement for Scott, Yet
Produced by Kate Gardiner on Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley (Kate Gardiner/WBEZ)

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says he has yet to find someone to replace the city's Board of Education president Michael Scott.

Scott died last week in an apparent suicide.

Daley says he's spoken to a few candidates about the position but they would have big shoes to fill.

DALEY: It's hard to replace someone like that, who's like he's on a mission. His entire life, strictly for the schools. I've never seen anyone that committed in regards to the school system. It's very hard.

Daley comments come one day after the Board of Education's vice president announced an investigation into board members' spending.

That includes Michael Scott, who was reimbursing the Board for a trip to Copenhagen for Chicago's Olympic bid.

stephanie, roseland // Monday, December 07, 2009 @ 5:07 PM

Chicago media believes that we dont know the deal behind the quote suicide of the cps president its a shame that people believe what ever they are told I know for a fact that he played a dangerous game and when you you swim with the big fishes and your nothing but a gold fish you must know your role and shut your hole iM WITH THE SHARKS