10-07-2025
Censured Baltimore County school board member announced reelection bid
A Baltimore County School Board member who was censured last year after a heated exchange with Superintendent Myriam Rogers announced her bid for reelection Wednesday night.
Maggie Litz Domanowski, who represents District 3, announced Wednesday night on Facebook that she will run for reelection.
'I've been telling myself I will make a decision when I have to but it's a lie. I still have three children in the Baltimore county public school system and I have no plans to abandon them nor any other of our BCPS students, educators, or community members,' Domanowski, mother to a rising seventh grader and two rising fourth graders, wrote online.
'I haven't always loved my position nor campaigning … but I have always been grateful and glad to be here, serving my community and students to the best of my ability.'
The school board censured Domanowski in March for 'a lack of courtesy and decorum' toward Rogers during a January school board meeting's discussion of the budget proposal. Domanowski said she's since appealed the censure, which is now in the hands of the State Board of Education.
Domanowski said her reason for running in 2026 is the same as why she ran in 2022 — her children are in public school.
'I like feeling like I have something to say for all of our students and our educators from a different point of view,' she said in an interview with The Baltimore Sun on Thursday. 'I don't have a ulterior motive other than I hear what they say, and I do what … I feel is best and what the majority wants in their … schools.'
Domanowski listed priorities such as higher standards for graduating high schoolers and improving third-graders' literacy. She also told The Sun she is in favor of stronger cell phone restrictions.
'I don't care about being right. I just want to do what's right,' she said.
Though she said national politics are divisive right now, Domanowski advised voters to pay attention to their local politics and look beyond political affiliations. School board elections in Baltimore County are nonpartisan.
'Pay attention to what people are saying and don't worry about what their actual … politics are. Just worry about who they care about and what they say and what they're going to do,' she said.
'Yes, I am conservative. I've always been conservative, but … when I go to the school board meeting, when I vote, I'm always voting for what's best for … the school system.'
Domanowski has not yet officially filed to run as of Thursday morning, according to the state Board of Elections website. No school board members or outside challengers have filed for the 2026 Baltimore County school board race yet.
Currently, the 12-member board is comprised of one elected student representative with slightly limited voting power, four members appointed by the governor, and the rest are elected in each Councilmanic district every four years.
Domanowski was elected in 2022, along with Brenda Savoy, Christina Pumphrey, Rod McMillion, Julie Henn, the current vice chair and chair Robin Harvey and Jane Lichter. Board members are limited to serving no more than three consecutive terms.
Baltimore County's election map is changing as the county looks to add two more districts. Although the final map has not yet been approved, Ruie Lavoie, Director of the Baltimore County Board of Elections, said candidates can still file.
Any change in district borders will automatically place them as a candidate for that new district, she said, and candidates will be notified of those changes.
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