February 3rd, 2021 by WCBC Radio
With just five months allotted for the Allegany County Board of Education to find a permanent superintendent, it is expected the board will begin discussions on the process as early as next week. By statute, the legally designated time period for appointment of a new superintendent for Allegany County Public Schools is February 1 through June 30. Jeff Blank was named interim superintendent in the summer of 2019- replacing David Cox who resigned the position. A search for a permanent superintendent began last February but that effort was halted in April with the start of the Coronavirus pandemic. A few months later the board voted to extend Blank’s interim term through June of 2021- with the plan being to begin a new search early this year. Although the board’s February meeting agenda has not yet been finalized, school board president Crystal Bender tells WCBC News she would anticipate search plans to become a focal point in the near future…
Ironically, with the local board just about to begin to look for a permanent replacement for former superintendent David Cox- Cox announced this past weekend that he is retiring from his position as Director of Sullivan County Schools in Tennessee. Cox sited family considerations but also pointed to the pandemic as playing a part…
