After struggling to build voter interest, Baltimore City and County school board candidates await mailed ballots

Candidates in Baltimore City and County’s closely watched school board races are anxiously awaiting mail-in ballot counts this week even as some worried the races did not generate enough voter interest. Eight candidates are running in Baltimore City’s first-ever school board race this year to fill two newlycreated seats. Baltimore’s 10 school board commissioners were appointed previously by the mayor until the Maryland General Assembly voted in 2016 added two elected seats beginning in 2022.