Board approvals and votes: personnel appointments, policies, closed‑session actions and the FY26 audit plan

This summary lists formal actions taken or announced at the May 20 Board of Education meeting. Where roll calls were recorded in the minutes, named board member responses are included when available.

1) Motion to go into closed session - Action: Approved move to closed session under the Maryland Open Meetings Act for personnel, legal advice, potential litigation and collective bargaining matters. - Mover/Second: Motion moved by a board member (noted as “So moved, Harvey”), seconded. Outcome: Approved by roll call (recorded as unanimous "Yes" votes in roll call sequence). (No board vote tally specified in meeting transcript summary.)

2) Personnel matters (exhibits D‑1 through D‑5) - Action: Approval of personnel matters including terminations, retirements, resignations, leaves and recognition of service. - Mover: Motion introduced and moved from the floor (recorded as “So moved, Chike Kula”); seconded by Palm (as noted in minutes). - Outcome: Approved by roll call (members recorded as voting “Yes” in roll call sequence). (Roll‑call names recorded in meeting transcript; no negative votes recorded.)

3) Administrative appointments (exhibit E‑1) - Action: Approval of administrative appointments (principals, coordinators, supervisors, specialists) including Matthew Bain (principal, Jacksonville Elementary School) and others listed in the agenda. - Mover/Second: Motion moved by Steloski; seconded by Harvey. - Outcome: Approved by roll call (members recorded as voting “Yes”).

4) Acceptance of Policy Review Committee recommendations (first and second reader items) - Action: Board accepted committee recommendations to amend board policies and accepted, for first reading, proposed changes to Board Policy 6401 (Advanced Academics and Gifted Education) and Board Policy 6500 (Research and Assessment) as exhibits J‑1 and J‑2; several other policy amendments were advanced as committee recommendations (exhibits G‑1 through G‑5). - Outcome: Committee recommendations accepted; roll call votes recorded with a majority voting Yes for the presented policies.

5) Actions taken in closed session (hearing examiner cases) - Action: Board approved actions taken in closed session on Hearing Examiner cases HEA‑25‑22 and HEA‑25‑24 and authorized Ms. Gober to sign for absent board members. - Vote details: For HEA‑25‑22 roll call included an abstention from Miss Pumphrey; the remaining recorded board members voted Yes and the motion carried. For HEA‑25‑24 the roll call again recorded an abstention by Miss Pumphrey; recorded Yes votes from other named members; motion carried.

6) FY26 Internal Audit Work Plan - Action: Approval of the FY 2026 internal audit work plan, which focuses on payroll, student activity funds and ERP implementation controls and includes inventories and special education equipment follow‑up work. - Discussion: Committee chair and internal audit staff explained use of data analytics for school activity fund work and noted external auditors rely on internal audit work; board asked to consider including contract and ERP expenditure reviews in audit scope; internal audit confirmed contracts and consultant agreements are included in the work plan and can examine ERP controls and data migration. - Outcome: Work plan approved by roll call. Recorded roll call included two No votes (Miss Germanowski and Miss Henn) and the rest of the board voting Yes; the motion carried.

7) Motion to rescind censure of a board member - Action: A motion was made to rescind the censure of Board Member Maggie Domonowski. - Vote: The motion failed on roll call. Recorded votes: Yes votes (Steloski, Savoy, McMillian, Pumphrey, Domonowski) — 5 in favor; No votes (Young, Frempong, Booker Dwyer, Harvey, Chike Kalu, Lichter) and others recorded as No — motion not adopted. Chair announced the result.

Notes about vote records and documentation - The transcript includes block‑by‑block roll call exchanges with named member responses. This summary records outcomes and the notable recorded abstentions and No votes where the transcript explicitly recorded them. The board did not vote to restore positions or change budget allocations at this meeting.

If you need a line‑by‑line roll call reconstruction from the meeting transcript (each member’s recorded Yes/No/Abstain for every roll call), the meeting minutes/BoardDocs record contains the full roll‑call text used during the meeting.