Prince George’s schools chief adds executive-level positions and attracts criticism

By Ovetta Wiggins, Published: December 23 

Prince George’s County Schools Chief Executive Kevin M. Maxwell, who came to the district as part of an overhaul of the school system, has added four new executive-level positions to his administration, hires he said will improve academic achievement.

Maxwell, who took the school system’s top job in August, has spent $1.53 million to hire a chief of staff, a diversity officer, a health officer, a performance and evaluation officer and 10 employees to assist them. He said the hires were necessary because he noticed that some jobs were not being done adequately and children were not being properly served because there was less coordination.

 “You have to be organized around the work that needs to be accomplished,” Maxwell said in a recent interview about the decision to add employees. “If you don’t have people in place to do particular jobs, you might find a situation where you have someone doing 15 jobs.”

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