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Md. state superintendent’s contract extended due to coronavirus crisis

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Maryland Superintendent of Schools Karen B. Salmon
Maryland Superintendent of Schools Karen B. Salmon (Maryland Matters/Danielle E. Gaines)

The Maryland State Board of Education announced Tuesday night that it would extend the contract for Superintendent Karen B. Salmon for a year, as state schools respond to the coronavirus pandemic.

The board met in a closed session teleconference on Tuesday afternoon.

A week earlier, the board  as she led the public school systems’ response to the novel coronavirus.

Salmon had been set to retire June 30.

The board is also ending a national search for a new superintendent, citing “unprecedented business conditions nationwide.”

The board did not set a date to resume the search, .

Maryland’s public school systems remain  in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the state.

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