While summer has just begun, preparations for the new school year are already well underway across Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS). During the summer months, our teams are hard at work hiring staff, preparing schools, strengthening district operations, and ensuring students return for a successful start this fall.
As part of that work, we have made organizational and leadership changes across the district, including a central office reorganization and leadership transitions at some schools.
These decisions are part of our broader effort to strengthen how we serve students by ensuring our people, resources, and support systems are aligned with the needs of our schools.
This year's reorganization has impacted approximately 125 employees across several divisions, offices, and schools, including:
In addition, some principals and assistant principals have experienced leadership transitions as we work to align leadership, talent, and support with the needs of our schools and students.
Reorganization is not about charts, titles, vacancies, or reporting lines. It is about building a stronger, more responsive organization capable of serving children and our community with collaborative excellence, equity, urgency, and care.
For our families and community members who have experienced principal or assistant principal transitions, I want to be clear: these changes are being made to strengthen the way we support schools, improve service to students, and ensure that every school has the leadership and system support it needs to thrive across the entire district, not just in some parts of the district.
When a principal or assistant principal transition occurs, we know it is felt deeply by staff, students, and families.
Schools are communities, and leadership changes affect relationships, routines, and trust. Each school experiencing a leadership transition will receive support to help ensure continuity, clear communication, and a strong start for students and staff.
I am confident that we are building an extraordinary team, in an extraordinary school system, to do extraordinary work — and I am grateful to the entire PGCPS community for your continued belief in the power and promise of our work.
We will continue to move forward together with care, clarity, purpose, and faith in what is possible for our students.
With appreciation,
Shawn
Shawn Joseph, Ed.D.
Superintendent
