Jessiah Jackson was running around, doing everything typical of a 17-month-old boy. There was no sign that a day before he had a metal rod lodged into his brain.
Donna Hargens, interim superintendent of Wake County Schools’ 140,000-student district, is a busy woman. Since March, she has been leading the state’s largest school system, presently surrounded by a schools diversity controversy that is attracting public attention to the district.