Baltimore school board names new CEO to replace...

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Gregory Thornton’s rocky tenure as head of Baltimore City Public Schools will come to an end on Friday with the school board’s decision to replace him with a former city school official. Sonja B. Santelises, 48, will take over the post on July 1. Santelises is currently the vice president for K-12 policy and practice at the Education Trust, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit focused on closing the achievement gap. The Baltimore resident was formerly the chief academic officer of city schools from…