Wicomico County School District Blueprint Administrator says the district needs flexibility from the state

SALISBURY, Md- As districts across Maryland begin drafting their plans to meet the Blueprint for Maryland’s Change guidelines for education reform, the Wicomico County Blueprint Coordinator says the district will need more time to implement all the mandated changes from the state Accountability and Integrity Board.

The program is giving the school districts money, guidelines, and requirements on how to change the education system in the next ten years.
But Blueprint coordinator Rick Briggs tells us what the program doesn’t give them is enough time.

In a letter to the board, Briggs said the district is putting forth its best effort, but “We do not have the capacity to serve all 3 and 4-year-old students in the county we just don’t have the space to do it.”

“A second challenge, the career ladder for our teachers, it does need to be in place for next year, but we are supposed to be working on it for next year it is not an easy task but we will be able to have it in place and that is a challenge, ” Briggs said.

The deadline for the district to send the draft back to the state is March 15th.