Hempstead schools superintendent resigns
Photo credit: Newsday / Audrey C. Tiernan | Dr. Patricia Garcia, superintendent of schools in Hempstead at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Prospect School Bond Project. (May, 14, 2012)
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Hempstead schools' Superintendent Patricia Garcia is departing the troubled district she joined three years ago.
In a short statement issued on Sunday, the district said that Garcia is resigning effective Friday "to pursue other employment opportunities."
Garcia could not be reached Monday, and the district would not provide details of the terms of Garcia's departure. Garcia's compensation...
