announce she will indeed be stepping down as dc school's chancellor by the end of this month. and she will likely be replaced by her close colleague, the deputy chancellor of dc schools kya henderson. the news is not that surprising. it has been a question of when would she resign, no if she would resign ever since her boss, mayor fenty lost the democratic primary to vincent gray. one day after the loss she called the defeat devastating for dc's school children. rhee did meet with gray after the comments were made. clearly they were not able to work through their differences. during her tenure she closed dozens of schools, fired principals and teachers and took on teachers union and created a system of merit-based pay, a controversial system in which compensation was determined by improvement in test scores. he was aggressive, unapologetic. supporters credit her with turning around the troubled school system but opponents say