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New Oklahoma Schools Superintendent Fires Three Administrators

Joy Hofmeister, Oklahoma State Schools Superintendent
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Oklahoma schools Superintendent Joy Hofmeister has fired three key members of her predecessor's staff during her first week in the office.

The Oklahoman reports Hofmeister declined comment on the terminations of Education Department employees Joel Robison, Richard Caram and Marsha Thompson.

Caram and Thompson, three-year employees of the department, confirmed they were fired Friday. Robison, the former chief of staff, told The Associated Press Saturday he was also fired.

Robison says Hofmeister, who was sworn in on Monday, told him that he represented the prior administration. Caram, assistant superintendent in charge of federal programs, says Hofmeister told him she was making some leadership changes.

Former state schools Superintendent Janet Barresi says the new superintendent has the right to make staff changes but that she was disappointed by the firings.

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