Board approves FY25 transfers and multiple contracts; votes at a glance

The Board of Education of Baltimore County met on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, and approved a series of formal actions including personnel matters, administrative appointments, two school-boundary changes, a package of contract awards, a proposed organizational chart for FY26 and fiscal adjustments for FY25. Votes were taken by roll call throughout the meeting.

Why it matters: those votes put into effect personnel and administrative appointments, advanced multiple contracts that schools and services rely on, finalized the district's FY26 organizational chart, and adjusted FY25 appropriations to align available funds with projected expenses as the district responds to a funding gap and to the transition off federal ESSER dollars.

Key votes and outcomes (roll call votes as recorded in the meeting):

- Motion to go into closed session under the Maryland Open Meetings Act (to discuss personnel and obtain legal advice): moved by Stoleski, seconded; roll call recorded affirmative votes and the motion carried.

- Approval of personnel matters (Exhibits D1–D5: terminations, retirements, resignations, leaves, certificate appointments): moved by Paul, seconded by Chike Kalu; roll call recorded affirmative votes and the motion carried.

- Approval of administrative appointments (Exhibit E1), including the appointment of Deidre Lynch as principal of Stony Elementary School and other central-office appointments: motion moved by Stoleski, seconded by Paul; roll call recorded affirmative votes and the motion carried.

- Appointment approvals noted during the administrative appointments block: Deidre Lynch (principal, Stony Elementary), Earl Elias (ERP infrastructure engineer, Office of I.T. Operations), and Sai Sandeep Revuverate (Cloud Solutions Engineer, Office of Application and Network Security Support) — all were recognized and approved as part of the administrative appointment vote above.

- Boundary recommendations (unfinished business): - Arbutus and Catonsville middle school boundary (Exhibit J1): motion to approve moved by Harvey, seconded; roll call recorded affirmative votes and the motion carried. - Holly Manor community boundary affecting Hillcrest and Westchester elementary schools (Exhibit K1): motion to approve moved by Stelowski, seconded by Savoy; roll call recorded affirmative votes and the motion carried.

- Action taken in closed session on Hearing Examiner case HEA-25-018: motion to approve the action taken in closed session and authorize signature for absent members; moved and seconded; roll call recorded affirmative votes and the motion carried.

- Policy first-reader acceptance (policy review committee report, Exhibits M1–M5): motion to accept committee recommendations for revisions to policies 12‑40 (Visitors), 40‑02 (Employee obligations), 40‑10 (Nepotism), 6304 (Commemorations/observances) and 6307 (Patriotic exercises): committee motion accepted and approved by roll call.

- Contract awards (building and contract committee referrals): the committee forwarded a set of contract items to the full board. The board approved a consolidated set and then individual contracts where separated. The votes recorded in board minutes/transcript include: approval of a block of contracts (items 2–7, 11–13, 15–16) by committee recommendation; later, additional separated contracts (including Contract 1, Contract 8, Contract 10, Contract 14, Contract 9 had been removed for this meeting). Several contracts generated specific roll-call votes, with a few recusals recorded (see action entries below for details). The contracts cover instructional materials, community‑school services (mentoring/tutoring), telecommunications master services, vehicle purchases and relocatable classroom purchases/leases, W‑2 processing services, asbestos/inspection services and other professional services. (See actions[] below for specific contract identifiers and vote outcomes)

- Dedication: motion to name the Bedford Elementary School courtyard “Connolly’s Courtyard” in honor of former principal Christina A. Connolly: motion moved and seconded; roll call recorded affirmative votes and the motion carried.

- FY25 budget appropriation transfer (Exhibit Q1): motion to approve the FY25 budget appropriation transfer (realigning funds among State/County/BCPS activities to match projected year-end expenses and implement FY25 operating plan): motion moved and seconded; roll call recorded affirmative votes and the motion carried.

- FY25 supplemental budget appropriation (Exhibit Q2): motion to approve a supplemental appropriation (including remaining Oracle ERP implementation funds and supports for special education, maintenance/repairs and maintaining targeted fund balance): motion moved and seconded; roll call recorded affirmative votes and the motion carried.

- Organization chart for FY25–FY26 (Exhibit P): the board considered the superintendent’s proposed organization chart. An amendment to elevate the executive director of fiscal services to a chief financial officer was moved by member Henn and seconded. The amendment failed on roll call (amendment favor 3, opposed the majority). The original motion to approve the organization chart as presented (Exhibit P) was then approved by roll call.

Votes recorded with dissent or recusals (examples recorded in the transcript): - Contract 1 (curriculum/illustrative math extension): roll call included two no votes recorded (Miss Yamanowski and Miss Hem recorded as voting No); outcome: passed by majority. - Contract 10 (telecommunications master services): two board members recorded themselves as recused (Mister Young and Miss Frempong) and the remaining voting members approved the contract. - Some other separated contracts drew questions and were voted separately; where a member recused or voted No that is noted in the transcript and recorded in the board minutes.

Discussion vs. formal action: the board’s approvals followed standard procedure — committee recommendations were presented, separated items received questions, and votes were taken by roll call. Where board members asked for additional information (for example, on community‑school contract spending authority, electric vehicle purchases, W‑2 processing, asbestos inspections, and relocatable classroom strategy) staff responded in discussion but those implementation details were not conditions of the votes recorded this evening.

Ending note: the board placed the FY26 organizational chart and the FY25 fiscal adjustments on the record while advancing a set of contracts and boundary changes. Several items discussed (notably the FY26 budget gap described by the superintendent, the ERP implementation, and community‑school programming) drew substantive questions that staff said would be followed up on after the meeting.