School board committee approves revisions to principal-selection policy, drops CSAC training requirement

The Prince George's County Board of Education's Policy and Governance Committee on Jan. 14 recommended revisions to Policy 4113, the district rule on community involvement in the principal selection process, and asked staff to remove a requirement that parents take Special Education Citizens’ Advisory Committee training before serving on interview panels.

The committee’s action followed a full presentation by Dr. Christy Baldwin, the district’s chief human resources officer, who described the multistep administrative procedure that screens candidates, holds leadership and school-specific interviews and invites community members to provide written and oral feedback for candidates advancing to third-round interviews. “We start the posting for each academic year to come on the first Monday in October,” Baldwin said, describing…