Requestor
Sabrina LeBoeuf
Organization/Agency
The Baltimore Sun
Requested Information
This is a request under the Maryland Public Information Act, State Government Article §§ 10-611 to 618. Specifically, I am requesting:
Contract and resume of local school superintendent, including salary history in current position, and expense records for 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Names of local school board members, salary for board work, and their expense records for 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Ethics forms, if required by your system. If not, please say so.
Outside contracts from November 1, 2020 through October 31, 2022 for your local school system.
Out of court settlements for the past 24 months
Contract and resume of local school superintendent, including salary history in current position, and expense records for 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Names of local school board members, salary for board work, and their expense records for 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Ethics forms, if required by your system. If not, please say so.
Outside contracts from November 1, 2020 through October 31, 2022 for your local school system.
Out of court settlements for the past 24 months
Date Received
Status
Complete
Response Notes
Responsive to this request, the following records are publicly available online:
- February 2022 HCPSS Superintendent Contract: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/files/CBHTMC77F47A/$file/Martirano%20Contract.pdf. The current contract for Dr. Michael J. Martirano.
- In addition to the contract above, you can see the salary history and terms/benefits of each contract awarded during Dr. Martirano’s tenure at the following links:
- Dr. Martirano’s Biography: https://www.hcpss.org/superintendent/#biography. Scroll to the bottom of this page for education/achievements/etc.
- Current HCPSS Board Members and profiles: http://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=B6FR2T684C3A
- Board Member and Dr. Martirano expenses paid FY2020 through FY2022, as well as forms filled out by faculty or staff as part of adhering to ethical codes were recently provided under MPIA 2023-062: https://mpia.hcpss.org/requests/2023-062.
For reference, salaries for Board of Education members and a scholarship for the Student Member of the Board are statutorily defined for Howard County under Education Article §3-703. Further clarification and time would be needed to determine scope of out of court settlements.