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Montgomery County Public Schools Interim Superintendent Monifa McKnight says she plans to apply for the permanent position.
McKnight took over in the interim role when Jack Smith retired in June and will stay in that position through June 2022 as the school board conducts a nationwide search for the next leader of the state’s largest school district.
In an interview with Bethesda Beat on Wednesday afternoon, McKnight said she plans to apply when applications open, in the hopes she can continue to lead the school system long-term.
“I grew up in the system, I’ve benefited from the system, I believe in the system and I love the school system,” McKnight said. “… So now there’s an opportunity in which the system is requiring leadership, and it is requiring familiarity for things that have worked very well for us in our system, and then familiarity well enough to know where the areas are that we can continue to build on to be even better.”
Calvin Ball, a Democrat, announced Tuesday in a video on his campaign Facebook page that he will run for a second four-year term as Howard County executive in 2022.
Monifa McKnight began leading the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Tuesday. She was appointed to replace the retiring Jack Smith, who announced he will leave his post to help care for his grandson. McKnight, who has been deputy superintendent, now is acting superintendent through this month and will then become interim superintendent until June 30, […]
A crowd of students participated in a schoolwide walkout at Wilde Lake High School in Columbia on Thursday afternoon to support the removal of school resource officers in the Howard County Public School System.
The Howard County Council approved its $2.18 billion operating and capital budgets for fiscal 2022 Wednesday evening, giving an additional $13.345 million to the school system than initially proposed and making no cuts.