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Votes at a glance: Board approved calendar adjustments and carried routine motions
Summary
During the April 29 meeting the board approved several routine motions (personnel, consent agendas, proclamations) and adopted adjustments to the 2025–26 school calendar by an 8–0 vote; earlier procedural votes carried with roll calls as recorded.
The Howard County Board of Education recorded several formal votes during its April 29 meeting. Below is a summary of motions, roll‑call outcomes and relevant notes captured in the meeting record.
• Approve meeting agenda — Motion carried, 7–0. (Recorded earlier in the session when members adopted the meeting agenda.)
• Personnel agenda — Motion carried, 6–0–1 (one abstention). The transcript shows Miss McCoy abstained; other members voted yes.
• Consent agenda (restricted) — Motion carried, 7–0.
• Consent agenda (full) — Motion carried, 7–0.
• Proclamations — Motion carried, 7–0.
• Adjustments to the 2025–26 school year calendar (action item): The board voted to approve recommended calendar adjustments, including added professional learning days that are partially configured as work/wellness time (September 17, November 12, March 3) and a change in inclement‑weather makeup day planning to align to state waiver processes. The calendar adjustments were approved 8–0.
Notes: Where roll calls were recorded in the transcript, they list board members taking votes (for the calendar vote the transcript recorded: Miss Mallow yes; Miss Ricks yes; Miss Watts yes; Mr. Abasiolu yes; Miss McCoy yes; Dr. Chen yes; Ms. Chamblee yes; Ms. Mosley yes). For the personnel motion the transcript recorded Miss McCoy as an abstention and the motion as 6–0–1.
Ending: The meeting record shows routine business passed largely unanimously; the calendar action was the principal substantive vote taken by the board on April 29.
