ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — This volition beryllium Superintendent George Arlotto’s last twelvemonth overseeing Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
With his declaration acceptable to expire successful June, Arlotto announced Thursday that helium volition permission the schoolhouse territory astatine the extremity of the schoolhouse year.
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In a missive to schoolhouse territory unit and families, the superintendent said the determination wasn’t mutual. He said helium wanted to instrumentality around, but the Board of Education told him helium won’t beryllium appointed to a 3rd term.
“This determination is 1 of the astir important and unsocial for a Board of Education, arsenic hiring a superintendent is solely successful its purview. I person each volition to proceed my enactment connected behalf of our students and schoolhouse strategy until my declaration expires astatine the extremity of June,” Arlotto wrote. “I privation our Board, our awesome staff, our families, and the Anne Arundel assemblage lone the champion arsenic you determination forward, collectively, to support, nurture, and emotion our students.”
The determination marks the extremity of Arlotto’s 15-year tenure with the district. He was hired successful 2006, holding assorted enforcement roles earlier helium was appointed to a four-year word arsenic superintendent successful July 2014. He was reappointed to a 2nd word successful July 2018.
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“While I whitethorn not cognize wherever life’s travel volition instrumentality my next, I americium definite that AACPS volition proceed to thrive,” Arlotto said. “As a schoolhouse strategy focused connected the needs of students, orchestrated by thoughtful, caring, compassionate, talented and nonrecreational educators and staff, our students volition proceed to turn and succeed.”
Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman released a connection successful effect to the news, calling Arlotto a “consummate nonrecreational with a immense bosom and an unwavering committedness to children and education.”
“He has served this region with favoritism passim his astir 8 years arsenic AACPS Superintendent, and helium volition beryllium missed,” Pittman said successful part. “I americium assured that Dr. Arlotto volition facilitate a creaseless transition, and that the Board of Education volition take wisely aft a cautious hunt for the superintendent who volition pb america into the future.”
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