New London - Richard Foye will remain interim superintendent of the city's school for only one more month, at which time the Board of Education will again have to find an administrator to temporarily fill that post.

On Thursday night, the Board of Education voted unanimously to extend the term of Foye's contract through Friday, Nov. 21. Foye's initial contract was set to expire at the end of this month.

Foye, who agreed in August to serve as superintendent for 90 days, said after the meeting that he chose the 21st as his final day because it falls after the board's November business meeting and before the holiday season begins.

"That's a good date for me," he said. "I've agreed to stay on an additional three weeks because I think that will help facilitate a smoother transition."

With Foye's departure, the Board of Education will have to identify and approve another acting or interim superintendent to lead the city's school system until the board's search for a permanent superintendent is complete.

Board President Margaret Mary Curtin said Thursday she was "not at liberty to comment" on whether the board has in place a succession plan for the one administrative position it has control over.

Foye was appointed to lead the city's school system on an interim basis after the board rescinded its offer to Terrence P. Carter, the Chicago educator unanimously selected in June as the city's next superintendent following a roughly six-month search.

After newspaper reports raised the issues, the Board of Education's attorneys investigated Carter and concluded that he had misused the title of "Dr." before completing his doctoral studies, plagiarized sections of his job application and did not disclose that he had filed for bankruptcy in 1999.

Earlier this month, state-appointed Special Master Steven J. Adamowski said the city's Board of Education would not be starting a fresh superintendent search. Instead, he said, the board plans to conduct the search itself and expects to have a new superintendent in place by January.

Though the state Department of Education will be involved in the search in some capacity, Adamowski said, the McPherson and Jacobson firm - which led the board's initial search - will not have a role moving forward.

Curtin said Thursday that she "would rather not comment" on the status of the board's search for a superintendent, but did say that the goal remains to have a permanent superintendent in place by January.

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