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Delmarva Today 8-8-25 Turmoil Over Effort to Replace Somerset County School Superintendent

By Don Rush
Published August 8, 2025 at 9:28 AM EDT
Somerset County School Superintendent Ava Tasker-Mitchell
Somerset School District
Somerset County School Superintendent Ava Tasker-Mitchell

Efforts to remove Somerset County Public Schools Superintendent Ava Tasker-Mitchell has produced a backlash against the local school board. Host Don Rush talks with Kirkland Hall, former president of the Somerset County Branch of the NAACP, to get a sense of the controversy.

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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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