Baltimore County Schools meeting summaries, agendas, and minutes

Baltimore County school board agendas: therapy contracts, construction items and test results — but no votes yet on the record

Six Baltimore County Schools meetings were held between Oct. 5 and Oct. 15, and the published record for all six is agenda-only — minutes have not yet been published. As a result, no votes, contract awards or dollar amounts are established in the available material. What follows is what each body was scheduled to take up.

Special education therapy contracts

The Board of Education's Oct. 6 agenda listed contract awards including CWA-106-25 for managed occupational, physical and speech-language therapy services and related special education services, and JME-505-22 for speech, occupational and physical therapy services through the Office of Birth to Five Services/Infants and Toddlers Program. Both items also appeared on the Building and Contracts Committee agenda for its virtual Oct. 5 meeting, which listed six contract items in all. Neither agenda listed dollar amounts.

Construction and facilities items

The same two agendas carried four additional contract items: JHO-701-27 for fire extinguisher maintenance; JHO-711-26, a renovations and multipurpose courts term contract; DEI-619-25, a modification for a parking lot addition at Carroll Manor Elementary School; and RBE-800-27, a BGE right-of-way agreement for Summit Park Elementary School.

Test results, calendar and public comment

The Oct. 6 board agenda included a report on Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program (MCAP), Maryland Integrated Science Assessment (MISA) and College and Career Readiness results for school year 2025-2026. It also listed the proposed 2027-2028 school calendar, a revised 2026-2027 board meeting schedule, personnel matters and administrative appointments. The meeting was set for 6901 N. Charles Street, Building E, Room 114, Towson, with a closed session at 5:00 p.m. and open session at 6:30 p.m. Public comment was scheduled from 7:00 to 7:40 p.m., with speakers limited to three minutes and slots allocated under Policy 8315 among school system-affiliated groups, unions, nonprofit community groups, and individual citizens or students.

Policy reviews

The Policy Review Committee met virtually Oct. 12 at 4:30 p.m. to review seven draft policies for 2026-2027: Policy 4009, Emergency Closings - Employee Attendance (Ms. Stansbury); Policy 5520, Student Dress Code (Dr. Jones and Ms. Mustipher); Policy 5551, Gangs, Gang Activity and Similar Destructive or Illegal Group Behavior (Dr. Jones, Mr. Knox, Ms. DeVaney-Curtis and Mr. Bridges); Policy 7530, Naming or Renaming an Area of a School or its Grounds (Dr. Jones and Mr. Reed); and Policies 8340 and 8341, covering appeals before the Board of Education and a Hearing Examiner (Ms. Holden). No votes or final decisions were listed on the agenda.

Audits, budget and equity data

The Audit Committee's Oct. 13 agenda listed final audit reports on consultant agreements and the pre-employment hiring process, plus the FY2027 Quarter 1 Update Report. The Budget and Finance Committee on Oct. 14 was scheduled to discuss and consider revised budget priorities, with updates on Oracle Payroll/Procurement implementation and the status of budget preparation. The Equity Committee on Oct. 15 listed a review of PSAT and SAT equity data, a discussion on political expression, and follow-up on Bridging Equity Supports.

Coming up

The Board of Education holds a work session on Oct. 21. The agenda lists a recommendation for action on the Puzzle Pieces Learning Academy Public Charter School agreement, consideration of the Board's budget priorities for FY2028, an update on substitutes, and the FY27 Q1 Audit Report. Because minutes for the six October meetings have not been published, this roundup reports what was scheduled, not what was decided.

Baltimore County school board set to weigh special education therapy contracts, test results

Baltimore County Schools' Board of Education is scheduled to consider a slate of contract awards — including special education therapy services — and to hear a report on 2025-2026 state test results at its Oct. 6 meeting. As of Oct. 13, the district has published agendas but not minutes for the three meetings held in the past two weeks, so the available records show what was scheduled for consideration, not what was decided. No vote tallies or dollar amounts appear in those agendas.

Special education therapy contracts

Two contract items appeared on both the Oct. 5 Building and Contracts Committee agenda and the Oct. 6 board agenda:

• **CWA-106-25**: managed services for occupational, physical, and speech-language therapy and related special education services.
• **JME-505-22**: speech, occupational, and physical therapy services for Birth to Five Services/Infants and Toddlers Program.

Neither agenda lists a dollar value for these items.

Facilities and construction items

Four other contracts were listed for the same two meetings:

• **JHO-701-27**: fire extinguisher maintenance contract.
• **JHO-711-26**: renovations and multipurpose courts term contract.
• **DEI-619-25**: modification for a parking lot addition at Carroll Manor Elementary School.
• **RBE-800-27**: BGE right-of-way agreement for Summit Park Elementary School.

Test results, calendar, and public comment

The Oct. 6 board meeting is scheduled for a closed session at 5:00 p.m. and an open session at 6:30 p.m. at 6901 N. Charles Street, Building E, Room 114, Towson. The agenda lists personnel matters, administrative appointments, a report on Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program (MCAP), Maryland Integrated Science Assessment (MISA), and College and Career Readiness (CCR) results for school year 2025-2026, and an annual review of policy committee work.

Also on the agenda: the proposed 2027-2028 school calendar and a revised 2026-2027 board meeting schedule. Public comment is scheduled from 7:00 to 7:40 p.m., with speakers limited to three minutes and slots allocated under Policy 8315 among school system-affiliated groups, unions, nonprofit community groups, and individual citizens or students.

Policy review: dress code, gangs, appeals

The Policy Review Committee met virtually on Monday, Oct. 12, at 4:30 p.m. to review seven draft policies for the 2026-2027 school year. The agenda lists no votes or final decisions.

• **Policy 4009**, Emergency Closings - Employee Attendance, reviewed by Ms. Stansbury (4:32-4:40 p.m.).
• **Policy 5520**, Student Dress Code, reviewed by Dr. Jones and Ms. Mustipher (4:40-4:55 p.m.).
• **Policy 5551**, Gangs, Gang Activity and Similar Destructive or Illegal Group Behavior, reviewed by Dr. Jones, Mr. Knox, Ms. DeVaney-Curtis, and Mr. Bridges (4:55-5:05 p.m.).
• **Policy 7530**, Naming or Renaming an Area of a School or its Grounds, reviewed by Dr. Jones and Mr. Reed (5:05-5:15 p.m.).
• **Policies 8340 and 8341**, appeals before the Board of Education and a Hearing Examiner, reviewed by Ms. Holden (5:15-5:40 p.m.).

Coming up

• **Oct. 13 — Audit Committee, virtual.** Final audit reports on consultant agreements and the pre-employment hiring process, plus the FY2027 Quarter 1 Update Report.
• **Oct. 14 — Budget and Finance Committee, virtual.** Discussion and consideration of revised budget priorities, an update on the Oracle payroll and procurement implementation, and the status of budget preparation.

Both upcoming meetings are listed as virtual. Agendas do not indicate whether votes are scheduled.