Prince George’s County Public Schools CEO Kevin Maxwell presented his corrective plans to the Maryland State Board of Education on Tuesday in response to the recent state audit of the county’s high school grading policies.
“We took the audit findings and recommendations very seriously and have begun making improvements,” Maxwell said in a statement. “I care … about the children in our schools and about Prince George’s County as a whole. This is my home, it’s where I graduated high school, and my children attended Prince George’s County public schools. I began my career teaching here and I hope to finish my career by making life better for our students and county through education.”
The audit, conducted last fall, was initiated after local school board members, politicians and Gov. Larry Hogan expressed concerns over charges that grades were changed in order to boost the county’s high school graduation rates. Those allegations were initially made by a group of county school board members in June.
County high school graduation rates have risen in recent years, jumping from 74.1 percent in 2013 to 81.4 percent in 2016. However, the county rate remains lower than the state average of 87.6 percent.
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