The deputy superintendent of schools in Prince George’s County is taking a new job in neighboring Anne Arundel County, the first high-level administrator to exit amid expected leadership changes in Maryland’s second-largest school system.
Monique Whittington Davis, in the post since 2013, is leaving in coming days, apparently ahead of embattled chief executive Kevin Maxwell, who announced May 1 that he would step down sometime after the school year ended.
Davis was Maxwell’s first leadership pick when he took over in Prince George’s in 2013. The educators had worked together in Anne Arundel, where Maxwell was superintendent, and had strong ties to Prince George’s.
Both are parting ways with Prince George’s after an extended period of controversy. Maxwell has come under fire for large pay raises to top aides, inflated graduation rates, a sex abuse scandal that raised questions about oversight and the loss of a multimillion-dollar Head Start grant.
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