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Ex-Superintendent Janey to Lead Newark System
Former D.C. schools superintendent Clifford B. Janey, ousted a year ago today by Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D), was named head of the Newark school system yesterday by New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine (D).
Janey, 61, emerged last month as one of three finalists for the post that oversees the 41,000-student district, the state's largest. The system has been under state control since 1995.
Janey served in Washington for three years. Fenty dismissed him the day the mayor's office assumed direct control of the D.C schools, saying the system needed "radical change." Fenty named Michelle A. Rhee to the new job of chancellor.
-- Bill Turque
NORTHEAST
Trinidad Checkpoint Extended Through Weekend
The military-style checkpoint that police have set up in the Trinidad neighborhood in Northeast Washington will continue through Sunday, a D.C. police official said last night.
The anti-crime program began Saturday and was slated to end yesterday, but Assistant Police Chief Diane Groomes said Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier has decided to exercise an option of extending it.
Since the neighborhood safety zone was instituted last weekend, police have been stationed at an intersection blocks from Gallaudet University at various times. Police ask drivers why they are in the area, check licenses, and record information including phone numbers.
Police have called the effort a success, saying violence has been curtailed in a part of the city that recently has experienced a spike in homicides. Groups including the American Civil Liberties Union have raised constitutional concerns about the tactic.
