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The Maryland State Board of Education voted unanimously on Thursday to approve Mohammed Choudhury to replace Karen B. Salmon as the State Superintendent of Schools on July 1.
Choudhury is currently the associate superintendent of strategy, talent and innovation at San Antonio Independent School District.
“With the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future as a guide for MSDE and every district in the state, the state’s leaders have shown a remarkable commitment to the hard work that’s necessary to bridge gaps and ensure every student has the tools and supports needed to be successful,” Choudhury said in a statement. “I am honored by the board’s selection and look forward to hitting the ground running as Maryland’s next State Superintendent of Schools.”
Karen B. Salmon
STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Born in Harford County, Karen B. Salmon earned her bachelor’s at the University of Delaware, her master’s in special education and her doctorate in special education and administration, both from the University of Maryland, College Park.
She taught and was an assistant principal in the Caroline County Public School System for a dozen years before taking an administrative job in the Talbot County School System. In 2003, she was named superintendent in Talbot, a job she held for 10 years before being named superintendent in Bay Shore Union Free School District, in New York.