CAROLINE COUNTY, MARYLAND

EXECUTIVE BRANCH

EDUCATION

ORIGIN & FUNCTIONS


BOARD OF EDUCATION

Educational matters that affect Caroline County come under the control of the Board of Education (Code Education Article, secs. 4-101 through 4-126).

The Board is composed of seven members. Five are appointed by the Governor to five-year terms. Two student nonvoting members, chosen by County high school student councils, serve one-year terms (Code Education Article, secs. 3-101 through 3-108).

SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

The Superintendent of Schools administers the Caroline County Public School System, and serves as executive officer, secretary, and treasurer of the Board of Education (Code Education Article, secs. 4-102; 4-201 through 4-206).

With the approval of the State Superintendent of Schools, the Board of Education appoints the Superintendent of Schools to four-year terms.


CHESAPEAKE COLLEGE

Chesapeake College was founded in 1965 as Maryland's first regional community college. A two-year college, it serves the residents of Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's and Talbot counties. Based at its Wye Mills campus in Queen Anne's County, the College has centers at Cambridge and Easton, and offers courses at local schools and community centers throughout the upper Eastern Shore of Maryland (Code Education Article, secs. 16-201 through 16-203).


PUBLIC LIBRARY

By authority of the Board of County Commissioners, the Caroline County Public Library was created in 1961. Originally run from a Denton storefront, it moved to its present main site in 1971.

Books are available from the Central Library in Denton, from bookmobile stops throughout the County, and from two branches which serve the main Library. The Federalsburg branch opened in 1974, and the North County branch at Greensboro began in 1997.

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