Howard County school board promotes acting superintendent Bill Barnes to full-time job

The Howard County Board of Education promoted interim superintendent Bill Barnes to the full-time job Thursday.

Barnes has been acting in the role since January and is the district’s eighth superintendent since 1949, according to a news release.

“We look forward to his commitment to change in instructional leadership as well as his ability to innovate and fulfill the promise of the Blueprint for Education,” board chair Jen Mallo said in the news release. “He demonstrated agility...