Office of Board of Trustees
2002 Lexington Building, Baltimore, Md.

Margaret Barkley Secretary
Helen Kirkman Clerk

County Superintendent of Schools
(Appointed by County Boards of Education)

County Name Address
Allegany Charles L Kopp Cumberland
Anne Arundel George Fox Annapolis
Baltimore Clarence G Cooper Towson
Calvert Franklin D Day Prince Frederick
Caroline Edward M Noble Denton
Carroll .. Maurice S H Unger Westminster
Cecil Howard T Ruhl Elkton
Charles F Bernard Gwynn La Plata
Dorchester .. lames B Noble Cambridge
Frederick .. ...... G Lloyd Palmer Frederick
Garrett .. ...... Franklin E Rathbun Oakland
Harford .. .............C Milton Wright Belair
Howard .. .. ...Woodland C Phillips Ellicott City
Kent .. .. ...Louis C Robinson Chestertown
Montgomery .. ...Edwin W Broome Rockville
Prince Georges Nicholas Orem Upper Marlboro
Queen Anne s Thomas G Bennett Centreville
St Mary's .. ... ....Lettie M Dent Leonardtown
Somerset .. ......W Stewart Fitzgerald Princess Anne
Talbot .. ...........Eugene W Pruitt Easton
Washington .. .. ......B J Grimes .. Hagerstown
Wicomico . ........James M Bennett Salisbury
Worcester . .. Arthur C Humphreys .. Snow Hill
Baltimore City. ......David E Weglein .. .. Baltimore

The head of the Department of Education is the State Board of
Education

in accordance with Chapter 506 of the Acts of 1916, the members
of the State Board of Education are appointed by the Governor One
member is appointed annually for a term of seven years from the first
Monday in May next succeeding the appointment

The State Board of Education selects a State Superintendent of
Schools, and through him and his assistants, has general control of
the Public School system of the State The Board is a legislative
body, and, as such, enacts by laws and prescribes rules and regulations
for carrying into effect the provisions of the school laws These by
laws and rules include regulations for the construction of school build
ings, for grading and standardizing all public schools, for the certifi
cation of public school teachers, for taking the bi ennial school cen
sus, and for a uniform series of forms and blanks for the use of
county superintendents, school officials and teachers

The State Superintendent of Schools is the executive officer of the
Board The members of the State Board of Education and the State
Superintendent of Schools are ex officio trustees of the State Normal
Schools

State Superintendent of Schools.

The State Superintendent of Schools is appointed by the State Board
of Education for a term of four years and is ex officio secretary and
treasurer of the Board He is the executive officer of the State Board
of Education, which in addition to having genera! control of the State
School System is charged with the duties of interpreting school laws