PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Talbot County Public Schools include eight schools: 1 high school, 1 middle school, 5 elementary schools, and 1 combined school. In Fiscal Year 2025, some 4,485 students were enrolled in County public schools.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
With the approval of the State Superintendent of Schools, the Board of Education appoints the Superintendent of Schools to four-year terms.
The Board consists of ten members: two from each supporting county. They are appointed to five-year terms by the Governor with House of Delegates advice and consent. The President of Chesapeake College serves as secretary/treasurer to the Board (Code Education Article, sec. 16-406).
The Board's twelve members are appointed by the Board of Library Trustees to four-year terms. Annually, the Board chooses the President (Code Education Article, secs. 23-401; 23-403 through 23-407).
Talbot County Free Library, 100 West Dover St., Easton, Maryland, June 2018. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
EASTON LIBRARY
In October 1925, the main branch of the Talbot County Free Library opened in Easton.
ST. MICHAELS LIBRARY
The St. Michaels Branch Library started as a storefront library on Talbot Street. It moved to its present site in June 1988. The building had served as the Town Garage, and was renovated in 2004, and in 2026.
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The Superintendent of Schools administers the Talbot County Public School System, and serves as executive officer, secretary, and treasurer of the Board of Education (Code Education Article, secs. 4-102; 4-201 through 4-206).
CHESAPEAKE COLLEGE
Chesapeake College was founded in 1965 as Maryland's first regional community college. A two-year college, it serves the residents of Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's and Talbot counties. Based at its Wye Mills campus in Queen Anne's County, the College has centers at Cambridge and Easton, and offers courses at local schools and community centers throughout the upper Eastern Shore of Maryland (Code Education Article, secs. 16-201 through 16-203).
BOARD OF COLLEGE TRUSTEES
For Chesapeake College, the Board of College Trustees is the governing body.
FREE LIBRARY
The Talbot County Free Library consists of two libraries: the main library based in Easton, and one branch at St. Michaels. Formerly, the library had a branch at Tilghman Island, which closed in 2012.
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BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
For the Talbot County Free Library, the Board of Library Trustees sets policy.
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