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Bond Rating Continues to Improve
In an interview May 23, Chairman Camille Exum (D-Seat Pleasant) declined to comment on reports that Johnson had felt the tax was the "responsible" path for funding. She indicated in public comments that schools would receive "funding priority" regardless of the fate of the tax.
Johnson spokesman James Keary said formal letters often go through several drafts. "The final version is the actual document," he said.
Personnel Changes
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The Department of Environmental Resources officially has a new director. The County Council confirmed Charles W. Wilson this month as director of the department, one of the county's most important. DER oversees permits for all development projects, along with health and safety inspections and environmental management, such as storm water treatment.
Wilson, formerly director of the county's Office of Information Technology and Communications, had been serving as acting director since December.
One other top-level staffing change from county government: On Friday, health department employees were told Gwendolyn T. Clerkley would end her service as the department's second in command as of Monday. According to a letter they received, she will be transferred to another, as of yet unnamed, county agency.
On the schools side, another top lieutenant of Superintendent John E. Deasy has bid farewell.
Shelley Jallow, the chief academic officer for the Prince George's school system, resigned this month, shortly after it became public that she was applying for a job as the superintendent of schools in Camden, N.J.
"My understanding is that she is pursuing that and other positions," Deasy said. "She wants to be a superintendent. I wish her well."
Jallow, who was once the No. 2 academic official in New Orleans, has been with Prince George's since 2004. She follows Creg Williams, another recent hire, who left the system for a superintendent's post in a system near Chicago.
Jallow did not get the job in Camden. According to a report in the Courier-Post of southern New Jersey last week, the Camden school board picked Philadelphia educator Bessie LeFra Young.
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