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When, in early March, D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee handed 98 central office workers pink slips, the move was heralded as a step forward in cleaning out the District's bloated and inefficient public schools bureaucracy. But you know what they say -- one bureaucracy's loss is another one's gain.

Late on Friday D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee fired 98 central office employees, taking a big step toward her promise to “create a culture of accountability.” Mafara Hobson, Rhee's spokesperson, has said the dismissals were based “partly on employee performance and on Rhee's plans to make the central office more efficient,” and the city's Department of Human Resources has not yet released the names of those terminated, in an effort to preserve their privacy.

WTOP is reporting that today D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee used her newly gained authority to eliminate jobs at the DCPS central office to fire at least 100 nonunion employees. The employees will be placed on administrative leave until March 22, and include no current teachers or school staff.