PRESS RELEASE
For immediate release:
April 19, 2013
For more information, contact:
Scott Peterson
Deputy Manager of Communications, Press Secretary
Office of Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker, III
Karen D. Campbell
Director
County Council Office of Communications
UPPER MARLBORO, MD – Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker, III and the Prince George’s County Council are accepting applications
from residents who are interested in serving as appointed members of
the Prince George’s County Board of Education. These appointments are
the result of the new school governance structure laid out in Maryland House of Delegates Bill (HB) 1107 , recently signed into law by Governor Martin O’Malley.
Under
the new structure, the County Executive and County Council are required
to appoint a total of four members to the Board of Education. The
County Executive's three appointments must demonstrate high knowledge
and/ or experience in at least one or more of the following areas:
education; business/finance; higher education and management
(non-profit, private or public sector). The County Council appointment
must be the parent of a student currently enrolled in the County public
schools system. Appointees, who must be County residents, will serve
four-year terms.
Applications
are available on the County website, in public libraries and the County
Administration Building upon request. Applications should be emailed to
educationboard@co.pg.md.us
or mailed/delivered to the Office of the County Executive, County
Administration Building 14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive Upper Marlboro,
Maryland 20772-3050. All applications must be postmarked or date
stamped by Friday, May 10, 2013. Incomplete applications will not be
considered.
Applications
will be reviewed and referred for final consideration by the County
Executive and County Council. Additional information may be requested of
appointment finalists.
HB-1107, which goes into
effect on June 1, 2013, also enables County Executive Rushern L. Baker
III to select the next Superintendent who, pursuant to the legislation,
will be referred to as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Prince
George’s County Public Schools. The legislation authorizes the
Governor to appoint a three-member selection committee for the CEO of
PGCPS that will identify three finalists. The County Executive will
choose the new CEO from the finalists referred to him by the selection
committee.
Visit Parents and PGCPS at: http://parentsandpgcps.ning.
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