Senator and others upset about closed superintendent search process in Baltimore County

Inside Ed: Brochin and others upset about closed search process

Sen. James Brochin called me this morning to tell me a story and to express his concern about the way the search for Baltimore County superintendent was handled. 
Brochin said he had lunch at BlueStone in Timonium about six months ago with the school board president and vice-president and urged them to include parents and advocates as part of the search team. Given the problems in communication and the issues that had emerged in the past year, Brochin said, he told the board they should be particularly sensitive to making sure the public was part of the process.
That is exactly what did not happen, he said. "I am just flabbergasted....I went way out of my way to ensure that things wouldn't turn out like this." When asked if the board should have delayed the process if they felt they were in competition with Howard County, Brochin said he "can't believe that no one else was of equal caliber that this had to be done so quickly."

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