Phila. schools' deputy superintendent resigns

Paul Kihn, the Philadelphia School District's deputy superintendent, has resigned, officials confirmed Wednesday.

Kihn, who was Superintendent William R. Hite Jr.'s second-in-command, has been with the district for three years. He was paid $210,000 a year. He and his family are moving back to Washington.

Kihn came to the district from the global consulting firm McKinsey & Co. He was one of a handful of officials from the Washington area who followed Hite, former superintendent of schools for Prince George's County, Md., to Philadelphia.

Kihn's departure comes amid a time of change in Hite's administration. Chief financial officer Matthew Stanski's last day was Wednesday. Stanski is leaving to move closer to his family in Maryland, and will have a similar school finance job with the Montgomery County, Md., public schools.

District spokesman Fernando Gallard said Kihn's position would not be filled. As the district moves to execute Hite's strategic plan, it is shifting resources into "learning networks," or groups of schools organized by geography or type, such as schools in need of overhaul or innovative schools.