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Turmoil in the Somerset County School District

Delmarva Public Media | By Don Rush
Published August 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM EDT
Somerset County School Superintendent Ava Tasker-Mitchell
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Somerset County School Superintendent Ava Tasker-Mitchell

Efforts to remove the Somerset School Superintendent by the Board of Education has set off a firestorm of public opposition. Delmarva Public Media's Don Rush talks with Kirkland Hall, former president of the Somerset County branch of the NAACP, about what he sees occurring in the community.

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Don Rush
Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.
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