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NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- New York City Schools will soon have a new chancellor at the helm. Current Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza announced he would be stepping down from the post on Friday during Mayor Bill de Blasio's daily press conference. The Department of Education, and the mayor, announced Carranza will be replaced by Bronx Executive Superintendent Meisha Porter. Porter will take over the job starting on March 15. She is a New York City public school graduate, a 20-year veteran employee, who has led at every level in the system. Porter will be the first Black woman to serve in the...

A Born and Bred New Yorker, Proud Family Woman Porter describes herself in her Twitter bio as "Executive Superintendent for the Bronx!! Mother, wife, sister, daughter...Disruptor, Leader and Teacher!! Proud Product of NYC Public Schools." In her introductory press conference Friday, she declared herself the product of a family of educators and a champion of equity. Born in 1973 in Far Rockaway and raised in South Jamaica, Queens, Porter comes from a family of educators. She was raised by a single mom who returned to school to finish her own degree and was Porter's "favorite" teacher. Her Aunt...