Prince George County Public Schools

Prince George County Public Schools

Introduction

The Prince George's County Public Schools System is referred to a large school district that is administered by the government of Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. This school district is further overseen by the Maryland State Department of Education. This school system is headquartered in the region of Upper Marlboro and the services of this school district serve the Prince George's County. The school district is currently lead by Kevin M. Maxwell along with a 14 member Board of Education. It is further observed that there are 125000 students who are enrolled in the school for the current year. In addition to this, Prince George's County Public Schools is the second largest district in the state of Maryland, and the third largest district in both the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area and Washington Metropolitan Area. Transportation services are also provided to the students by this school district to make the way to school and back home easier for them. The core focus of this paper is to discuss the management of the Prince George's County Public Schools along with the core problems that are faced by this school district. The following discussion aims to present a clear view of the Prince George's County Public Schools in an overall perspective.

Discussion

It is very significant that Prince George's County Public Schools is a large school district and there are requirements of effective management for the effective and efficient continuation of the operations of this school district. There are a number of superintendents who have changed over a course of time, but now Kevin M. Maxwell is heading this school district through his expertise and skills of leadership. The following is an account of the superintendent of the Prince George's County Public Schools currently leading the school district.

Superintendent of the Prince George's County Public Schools

Kevin M. Maxwell is the new superintendent of the school system of Prince George's County Public Schools. Kevin Maxwell was a student of the same school system and was graduated from Bladensburg High School. Kevin Maxwell was first the superintendent of the Anne Arundel County Public Schools where he headed the school system for a period of seven years. It is also observed that Maxwell served as an educator within the school district for a period of 22 years. After this, he served as Chief Educational Administrator and principal at Northwestern High School and its related schools. In addition to this, Alvin Crawley withdrew his name from the list of the permanent superintendents because of the reorganization of the Board of Education of Prince George's County Public Schools.

The search began from the perspective of selecting the new superintendent of the Prince George's County Public Schools and Kevin Maxwell was selected as the new superintendent of this school system. It was confirmed by two board members of the Prince George's County Public Schools that Kevin Maxwell would become the new superintendent of the school system that included a total of 124000 ...