Baltimore County's school board named new leaders Tuesday night after a deadlock vote for the vice presidency and a closed-door meeting.
Earnest Hines, who was on vacation and had written a letter to the board expressing his interest in becoming president, was unanimously elected to that position. Two members, Meg O'Hare and Edward Parker, were both nominated for the vice presidency; O'Hare received four votes and Parker five votes. Seven votes were needed to win the seat. The 12-member board was down three members whose terms had expired and one member was on vacation.
After the deadlock, the school board went into an hourlong closed-door session and returned to approve Parker. The vote was unanimous.
Parker said in an interview after the meeting that he believed it was healthy for the board to have a debate, even though it was in private, about who should be leading the board in the next year. But he would not disclose the tenor of the closed-door discussion.
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