WASHINGTON — There’s a deadline for the appointment of a new school superintendent for Montgomery County, and school board president Michael Durso says he is confident the school district will have someone in place by the July 1 deadline.
Durso told Bethesda Beat he expects to have someone in place “well in advance” of the deadline.
Dr. Joshua Starr, the previous superintendent, resigned in February 2015. In May, a candidate withdrew his name suddenly after some community groups complained about a lack of transparency in the selection process.
Montgomery County’s Board of Education has been criticized in the past for being secretive about the process of choosing a superintendent, but members have said candidates often don’t want their names made public while in the middle of a job search.
Montgomery County has hired a search firm, Hazard, Young, Attea and Associates to conduct the search. The same firm was used to hire school chiefs in previous searches. The same firm has been used by neighboring school districts.
