Public Board Meeting | November 4, 2026

The November 4, 2026 public meeting of the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners included a consent agenda listing several procurement items: elementary science materials; heating oil and off-road diesel supply from Apex Petroleum Corporation, James River Solutions, and NJ Adams Fuel Oil Company; elevator replacement at the Diggs Johnson building by Nichols Contracting, Inc.; vehicle fleet services from Enterprise Fleet Management, Inc.; legal-services contracts or increases involving Ice Miller LLP, Crayon and Graham, P.A., and Gibson Dunn; and occupational/physical therapy services. Tutoring services were pulled from the consent agenda for discussion. The transcript does not capture a vote or final disposition on these procurement items.

Board members questioned the tutoring proposal’s student outcomes, equitable access, vendor performance, and return on investment. Staff described a pool of 21 providers, with a potential $53.5 million investment over five years, quarterly quality checks and implementation visits, and tracking of tutoring attendance, dosage, and student assessment results. The CEO said future contracts would include outcome-related expectations and that vendors could be removed if they do not meet them. The board also reviewed first-reader revisions to its policy-development process, with a second reader and vote scheduled for December 1; no procurement-related policy change or award vote was recorded in the transcript.