Public Forums Will Collect Input on Superintendent Search

From Montgomery Community Media:

The Montgomery County Board of Education has scheduled several public forums and set up an online survey to get public input into the search for a new superintendent.

The firm Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates has been hired to coordinate efforts to find a new superintendent by July 1. The company, which helped with the school system’s last two superintendent searches, will be paid $35,000 for its work.

The times, dates and locations for the public forums is below and an online survey is promised to be available on the MCPS website.

The forums are:

Wednesday, March 4 at 7 p.m.

Location: Eastern Middle School, 300 University Boulevard, East Silver Spring, MD 20901

Interpretation available in: Amharic, French, and Spanish

Location: Walter Johnson High School, 6400 Rock Spring Drive, Bethesda, MD 20814

Interpretation available in: Korean and Spanish

Thursday, March 5 at 7 p.m.

Location: Gaithersburg High School, 101 Education Boulevard, Gaithersburg, MD 20877

Interpretation available in: Chinese, Korean, and Spanish

Location: Paint Branch High School, 14121 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville, MD 20866

Interpretation available in: French, Spanish, and Vietnamese

Child care (for children ages 4 and older) will be available during the forums. For sign language interpretation, call 301.517.5539 by February 27.

The Board has appointed MCPS Chief Operating Officer Larry A. Bowers to serve as interim superintendent until a new superintendent is hired to replace Joshua Starr, who resigned effective Feb. 16.