The Baltimore County Board of Education voted on Tuesday to offer a four-year contract to Verletta White to serve as the permanent superintendent.
White had served as interim superintendent since S. Dallas Dance resigned as superintendent at the end of June 2017. She was named the Baltimore County Public Schools permanent superintendent by an 8-4 vote on Tuesday.
White, a Baltimore native who attended Woodmoor Elementary and Woodlawn Middle schools before graduating from Woodlawn High School, began her teaching career in 1992 as an elementary school teacher in Baltimore City. She joined BCPS as a teacher in 1995 and served as a school-based administrator from 1998 – 2006. As a member of the superintendent's senior and executive staff since 2006, White has served BCPS in a variety of capacities: executive director of professional development; area assistant superintendent for the Northeast Area; and assistant superintendent for elementary schools.
Not everyone was pleased with the decision, however.