State education officials have directed Adams County School District 14 to turn over management of the district to an external organization. The district has under-performed in student test scores and has been on a state watch list for nearly a decade. The unprecedented move by the State Board of Education is intended to spark dramatic improvement in the 13-school, 7,500 pupil district in Commerce City. The board will vote in two weeks on an order to provide further requirements for hte management arrangement..