Carroll County Public Schools (Maryland)  Carroll County Public Schools is a school district based in Westminster, Maryland. CCPS is the ninth largest in the state of Maryland. More than 26,500 students are enrolled in the county's public schools. The school system includes all of Carroll County, Maryland. In testing, the schools typically score well above the state and national averages. The schools are administered by saying superintendent Stephen H. Guthrie. Guthrie began his first four-year term as Superintendent on July 1, 2010 and was appointed to a second term in the summer of 2014. On October 31, 2014, Superintendent Guthrie was named the 2015 Maryland Superintendent of the Year. He also served as the President of the statewide superintendent association for 2015. The Board of Education consists of five elected Board of Education members and one non-voting student member. As of 2018, the members are President Bob Lord, Vice President Donna Sivigny, Devon Rothschild, Virginia Harrison, and Marsha Herbert. The current student representative is Matthew Johnson. The district also operates a Career and Technology Center located in Westminster and two alternative schools, Carroll Springs and Gateway. This article has been edited on 6/20/2020 at 5:32 AM EST due to presumably a student of CCPS editing the article from "CCPS is the ninth largest in the state of Maryland." to "CCPS is the best!!!ninth largest in the state of Maryland." This edit has been removed.