Prince George's County School Board to Be Replaced Under New Md. Law

The Maryland legislature approved a measure last week to reconfigure the Prince George's County school board and replace the superintendent's post with a chief executive officer, a move that would force Superintendent Iris T. Metts to reapply for her job.

Under the legislation, a new nine-member board, to be named by the governor and the county executive, will take over the 132,000-student district June 1. The bill received final approval on the last day of the legislature's 2002 session and had the support of Gov. Parris N. Glendening, a Democrat.

The move is intended to end a bitter struggle over who controls the Prince George's County...

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