Forums on superintendent search draw few parents

Only a handful of county residents gave their input on who the new school superintendent should be at two public forums last night.

Four parents and two teachers sat together in an intimate meeting in the Glen Burnie High School auditorium. And the crowd at the Annapolis High School forum was so small that the 20 attendees pulled up chairs at round tables in the cafeteria to speak with consultants.

Some blamed the meager turnout on rainy weather. Others said it was lack of public notice. One said the forums weren't mentioned at all in a Parent-Teacher-Student Organization meeting last week.

"I would hope to have seen...