Overview
- Harford County’s school board voted to make interim leader Dyann Mack the next superintendent, with the appointment pending a negotiated contract and state education department approval.
- Mack has led the system since January and spent nearly 30 years in local schools, and she says her top priority is steadying the district and rebuilding trust so staff can focus on teaching and family support.
- She became interim after superintendent Sean Bulson was placed on paid leave when school-owned devices were reported stolen during his 2024 trip to a national conference in New Orleans.
- Maryland’s inspector general reported that hotel staff recovered the items and found no data breach, and the district’s IT director said device checks showed no signs of tampering.
- Investigations said many board members knew of the 2024 incident but did not report it, and in February the board used a unilateral contract clause to separate from Bulson ahead of his contract’s end in late June.