November 19
Student Member of the Board Annette Karanja introduces the students whose artwork was featured in the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.

October 7
New Board members Valerie A. Roddy, Annette Karanja, David Uhlfelder, and James E. Coleman hold their official commissions from the Governor of Maryland.

June 10
Board President JoAnn C. Murphy presents George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology graduate Audrey Dittman with flowers and a resolution in honor of her service as student member of the Board of Education of Baltimore County for the 2007-2008 school year.

June 10
Community leader Ella White Campbell receives a plague from Superintendent Dr. Joe A. Hairston in recognition of her service as chair of the Minority Achievement Advisory Group.

June 10
Michelle Prumo, executive director of Planning and Support Operations, presents a resolution to BCPS employee Joe Kaminski (joined here by his family) recognizing his 100th birthday.

June 10
Board Vice President H. Edward Parker recognizes the principals of the ten high schools named among the nation’s best by Newsweek magazine. These high schools are: Catonsville, Dulaney, Eastern Technical, Franklin, George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology, Hereford, Loch Raven, Owings Mills, Pikesville, and Towson.

May 6
Thea Jones, supervisor of instructional technology, receives a resolution from Board President JoAnn C. Murphy, in honor of being named 2008 Outstanding Leader by the International Society for Technology in Education. With this award, Baltimore County Public Schools became the only school district to have received two of these international honors. (Dr. Hairston received the same award in 2005.)

April 22
Board member Rodger C. Janssen presents resolutions to Catonsville Middle School teacher Ruth Akers and Eastern Technical High School teacher Angela MacCubbin for the awards they received from the International Technology Education Association.

April 22
Board member Frances A. S. Harris presents resolutions to Visual Arts Coordinator Linda Popp, George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology teacher Robert Miller, and Sudbrook Magnet Middle School teacher Cecilia Terlizzi for the honors they received from the National Art Education Association. Board President JoAnn C. Murphy stands in the background.

April 22
In honor of Administrative Professionals Week, Board President JoAnn C. Murphy (right) presents flowers and shares appreciation with Brenda Stiffer, administrative assistant to the Board.

April 22
On behalf of the Board, Board President JoAnn C. Murphy recognized Bruce Lesh, social studies department chair and Advanced Placement government teacher at Franklin High School, for receiving the Tachau Teacher of the Year Award by the Organization of American Historians.