Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners

8 meetings on our record, 5 of them from the past year and 3 with unconfirmed dates · 75,811 students · 10 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 15, 2026: Baltimore City school board approves consent agenda including capital and maintenance plans Play 46:59
Next · Wednesday, November 4, 2026: 6 PM · District posting ↗
Newest meeting we have: Sep 15, 2026 · District's own meeting list ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Robert Salley, Board Chair · Emily Ames-Messinger, Board member · Andrew Coy, Board member · Ashley Esposito, Board member · Khalilah Slater Harrington, Board member · Larry Simmons Jr., Board member · Kwame’ Jamal Kenyatta-Bey, Board member · Mujahid Muhammad, Board member · Ashiah Parker, Vice Chair · Amber Scott Woodruff, Board member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meetingTuesday, September 15, 2026Baltimore City school board approves consent agenda including capital and maintenance plansChronic absenteeismAI in schoolsSpeakers: Robert Salley, Ashiah Parker, Emily Ames-Messinger, Kwame’ Jamal Kenyatta-Bey and 2 more

Play 46:59

Board meeting · 1 h 43 minTuesday, September 1, 2026Baltimore City school board approves policy consolidating 6 standing committees into 3Chronic absenteeismAI in schoolsSpeakers: Robert Salley, Ashiah Parker, Emily Ames-Messinger, Kwame’ Jamal Kenyatta-Bey and 2 more

Play 1:35:17

Board meetingTuesday, August 18, 2026Baltimore City school board hears proposed changes to committees and public comment rulesChronic absenteeismReading and test scoresSpeakers: Robert Salley, Andrew Coy, Ashley Esposito, Mujahid Muhammad and 1 more

Play 1:08:29

Special meeting · 12 minTuesday, August 4, 2026Speakers: Robert Salley

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 5 board meetings, Jun 2, 2026 – Sep 15, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seat5 board meetings on our record; we rank members seated for 8.

Coverage: about 84% of members’ speaking time named (45%–85%)

Minutes = time we heard them speak per meeting, from the speech we have named so far, so each is a floor: at least that much.

Runs the meeting

Robert SalleyBoard Chair · runs the meeting, not ranked12.4min, at least5 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart1.3questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Emily Ames-MessingerBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 82.3min, at least3 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Andrew CoyBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 82.0min, at least2 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.3questions asked per meeting, at least

Ashley EspositoBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.9min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.5questions asked per meeting, at least

Khalilah Slater HarringtonBoard member · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.2min, at least1 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Larry Simmons Jr.Board member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.9min, at least3 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Kwame’ Jamal Kenyatta-BeyBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.8min, at least3 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.8questions asked per meeting, at least

Mujahid MuhammadBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.3min, at least2 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.5questions asked per meeting, at least

Ashiah ParkerVice Chair · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 82.8min, at least3 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Amber Scott WoodruffBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.5min, at least2 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.3questions asked per meeting, at least

Minutes speaking per full board meeting held while seated; a meeting they missed or stayed silent in counts as zero · bar = minutes named so far · talk time only, never tone or stance · Hamlet

Meetings on our record

Next meetingWednesday, November 4, 20266 PMPublic Board MeetingThe district’s posting ↗Add to calendarPosting checked Oct 29

All 8 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Public comment21%14%–28%

Ceremony and recognition7%0%–18%

Budget and finance0%0%–1%

Safety and discipline0%0%–26%

The two readers didn’t agree on 32% of the time; it counts toward no topic, so every share above is a floor.

Not shown: facilities, closures and enrollment, curriculum and instruction, student services and special education, labor and personnel, governance and policy, routine business, other subjects, whose checks haven’t passed

Public comment

Of the 8 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 8; 5 had at least one.

11 speakers6 speakers4.8 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 3 of the 8 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Sep 15	Sep 1	Aug 18	Aug 4	Jun 2
Andrew Coy	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded
Robert Salley	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded
Emily Ames-Messinger	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded
Ashley Esposito	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded
Amber Scott Woodruff	Not recorded	Not shown	Present	Present	Not recorded
Kwame’ Jamal Kenyatta-Bey	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded
Ashiah Parker	Not recorded	Present	Not shown	Present	Not recorded
Mujahid Muhammad	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Larry Simmons Jr.	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded
Khalilah Slater Harrington	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 2400090 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district