Queen Anne's County board discusses superintendent search, timeline to fill July 1 vacancy

Queen Anne's County Board of Education members on Jan. 22 discussed options and a timeline for replacing Superintendent Dr. Salins after her announced retirement, and agreed to arrange presentations from search consultants before deciding how to proceed.

Board staff laid out four options and a schedule designed to produce a superintendent appointment by the board’s June meeting so the new superintendent could begin July 1, when Dr. Salins’s contract expires.

Staff described the options as: hire the Maryland Association of Boards of Education (MABE) to run the search and community input process; hire a private executive search firm; conduct the search internally without a contractor; or appoint an interim superintendent under state law if the board needs more time. "The law provides that the county board shall appoint an interim county superintendent," the staff member said, describing that an interim can serve until the next July 1 after appointment as a way to buy more time.

The presenter…