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Teachers, parents and students press Howard County school leaders to keep librarians, strengthen mentorships and fund renovations
Summary
During public forum and board testimony, a Mount Hebron librarian urged the district to preserve high‑school library media specialist positions; HCEA presented proposals to expand teacher mentoring; student speakers and community members called for immediate renovations at Oakland Mills High School and questioned the capital prioritization process.
Multiple speakers used the Nov. 20 public forum and organized testimony to press the Howard County Board of Education on staffing, mentorships and school building conditions.
Michelle Brown, a library media specialist at Mount Hebron High School, told the board she was "advocating for the continued funding of our positions," and described nearly 4,000 student interactions, 902 book checkouts and 60 class visits during the first quarter at her school. "Now is not the time to cut high school library positions or school librarians at any level," Brown said, arguing certified library media specialists support information literacy in an "AI‑augmented world."
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