The Christina school district made a high profile move to pull out of the Race To The Top. After the governor pulled the $11M the district would have received for the program, the school board reversed its decision. You can read all about it at DelawareOnline.
Don’t ask me to explain the whole convoluted story but this quote had me guffawing in my hotel room:
“This whole thing was due to a lack of communication,” board member Eric M. Anderson said after the vote.
Yeah, I guess Christina thought they’d get the money no matter what actions they took?