Worcester County Board selects MABE to run superintendent search, outlines timeline and confidentiality

The Worcester County Board of Education on Feb. 11 heard a presentation from the Maryland Association of Boards of Education (MABE) on the process MABE will use to recruit and screen candidates for the district's next superintendent.

Milton Nagle, MABE's executive director, and Dr. Edward Shirley, a retired superintendent serving as part of the search team, told the board the process is divided into planning, advertising/recruitment, screening and finalist phases and stressed confidentiality and legal defensibility throughout the search. "Confidentiality is at the top of the list," Nagle said.

The consultants recommended a timeline that would allow the board to name a successor on or before July 1 so a new superintendent could "hit the ground running," while noting that the board may…