Rift Over Schools Chief Leads Md. to Intervene
Maryland's governor and key state legislators are pursuing a plan to block the firing of a local superintendent and wrest control away from the school board that dismissed her.
The lawmakers say that the intervention is justified because management of the 132,000-student Prince George's County district sank to a new low at the end of last month when the board tried to fire Superintendent Iris T. Metts, effective immediately.
"It is clear that there is a crisis in management of the Prince George's County public schools," Gov. Parris N. Glendening said last week. "It is critical that we act now before the destructive pattern that currently exists causes permanent damage to the...
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