A newly elected Prince George's County school board member said Sunday that she strongly supports County Executive Rushern L. Baker III's plan to take over the county's struggling school system, saying the board is hampering the schools and is averse to accountability.

Carletta Fellows (District 7), whom the board recently censured for her outspoken criticism, said in an e-mail that she endorses Baker's proposal, which would put him directly in charge of the superintendent of schools and the school system's $1.7 billion budget while limiting the role of the county's elected Board of Education.

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