It all starts in Kindergarten. Language arts. Civics. Basic things. Writing sentences coherently. Making logical statements- you know, those who start with facts and end with conclusions.
Sadly, Somerset County educators lack basic logic and writing skills that reflect the lowest academic proficiency in the state. In today’s local newspaper, they published a hit piece against the Chairman of the Somerset County Board of Education, Mathew Lankford.
Yes, the same Mathew Lankford whose three children were valedictorians when Somerset County had a reputation of not being the worst in the State, and had teachers who knew the difference between blanket accusations and facts.
Mr. Lankford was recently elected and sworn into office in January 2025. Now, he’s the target of an uneducated mob. Statements like “he’s not collaborating on policy with the Superintendent” are laughable, because the Board writes policies and the Superintendent writes procedures.
The entire Board (not Mr. Lankford himself) passed numerous policies since January. But the Superintendent has not produced a single procedure in a year.
Randi Merritt of the Somerset Education Association (SEA) comes to Somerset from Virginia, but is somehow dictating to the Somerset Education Association that the Superintendent is to write policies and that the Board is to enforce them.
Maybe that’s how it’s done in Virginia. But in Maryland, the Board writes policies and the Superintendent is supposed to enforce them.
Somerset county truly is the most uneducated county in Maryland! Fact!! It shows! Just go visit Crisfield.
I’m not sure Crisfield is in Somerset County; I’m not even sure it’s part of the modern world.
Crisfield is in Somerset county.
It’s a suburb of Smith Island! 😀