HCPSS MPIA Request #2026-147

Requestor
CT Mills
Requested Information
Dear Records Officer,

Pursuant to the Maryland Public Information Act (PIA) – Md. Code Ann., General Provisions §§ 4-101 et seq., I respectfully request copies of any existing records reflecting the district-issued direct work telephone numbers (direct dial lines) assigned to employees currently serving in the following roles:

• Superintendent
• Assistant / Deputy Superintendent
• Chief Financial Officer / Finance Director
• Director of Technology / IT
• Director of Human Resources

This request is limited to district-issued work contact numbers only. I am not requesting personal cell phone numbers, home phone numbers, or privately maintained contact information.

This request is limited to existing records only and does not require the creation of any new record. If these phone numbers are maintained within a staff directory, internal contact list, telecommunications record, or similar document, an electronic copy of that record is sufficient.
Date Received
Status
Complete
Response Notes

Responsive to this request, HCPSS has a directory of personnel/positions on our public website: https://directory.hcpss.org/. For the positions listed in your request, these are the individuals:

 

Bill Barnes

Howard County Public School System
Position: Superintendent
Email: Bill_Barnes@hcpss.org
Phone: (410) 313-6674
Location: Central Office

 

Karalee Turner Little

Division of the Deputy Superintendent
Position: Deputy Superintendent
Email: Karalee_TurnerLittle@hcpss.org
Phone: (410) 313-8951
Location: Central Office

 

Michael Hull

Financial Management
Position: Chief Financial Officer
Email: Brian_Hull@hcpss.org
Location: Central Office

Can be reached via:

Brianna Hartley

Financial Management
Position: Executive Assistant III, Division of Financial Management
Email: Brianna_Hartley@hcpss.org
Phone: (410) 313-7199
Location: Central Office

 

Sundeep Patel

Accounting and Payroll
Position: Controller
Email: Sundeep_Patel@hcpss.org
Phone: (410) 313-1277
Location: Central Office

(the above is our equivalent of a Financial Director)

 

Justin Benedict

Information Technology
Position: Executive Director, Information Technology
Email: Justin_Benedict@hcpss.org
Phone: (410) 313-6844
Location: Central Office

 

T. Michael Carson

Human Resources I
Position: Executive Officer, Human Resources
Email: Michael_Carson@hcpss.org
Phone: (410) 313-6906
Location: Central Office

*Some request language is summarized to include the requester's specific document requests and legally protected information (such as personally identifiable information of a student) or personal, defamatory and malicious content removed at the discretion of the school system.

**Responses containing legally protected information available only to the person of interest are omitted from the above report.

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