GREAT NEWS!!!!

Very Exciting News for Harford County!! YEAH!!!

Didn't stay very long did he??? I guess us taxpayers of Harco are stuck paying his severance & benefits though

Tomback was not well received by county teachers with his inflexible decisions and being uncooperative. Harford County has not had a strong superintendent since Roberty. The Board keeps repeating the same mistakes in hiring superintendents from outside the state. Grotzky and Tomback tie for the worst superintendents.

Best news I've heard for a long time! Here's hoping HCPS can find someone to fill Jackie's shoes ❤

I think Terry is right. We as taxpaying citizens will be left "holding the bag," for the lovely benefits package afforded to Tomback. I recall when he was being considered among a number of candidates and wondered what the thought process was behind his selection. We can't seem to get it right, and have let several wonderful home-grown superintendents leave Harford County to become very successful and progressive superintendents in other jurisdictions. Jackie was a lovely lady, but she could have done a lot more to open up the (public) school doors to allow partners in to facilitate collaborative work. It didn't happen during her tenure and we are seeing the effects still to this day. We need to be smart about what we are looking for in a superintendent and what true leadership really means.

So long fair well I LOVE to say goodbye.

Thank god he is gone... He pushed out good people to make room for his buddies (who don't do a thing for the county). This is the best news I heard this week since the Ravens won the Super Bowl.

This is such great news, and, The Axman is going with him. Now if only certain administrators could tag along out of here.

According to Las Vegas oddsmaker, Vito Buontempo, the over/under time period for teachers to start whining, complaining and moaning about the next superintendent is 15 seconds. (I'm taking the under.)

It may not have been his choice to leave. When you have an unpopular superintendent that wasn't well received by HCPS staff AND parents, who frequently complained to the school board, they may have decided his time was up. The big John Archer fiasco of last year certainly didn't help things either. Hopefully the next superintendent will be more open, flexible and approachable.

First, let me say that as a minority in HC, this superintendent did far more in regards to support to minority children and their communities; something HC was and still is lacking overall, especially in the school system. HC is such a good 'ole boy network, where we tend to agree with those that don't stir the pot, that go along with the processes and procedures that have been in existence for years and seem to help only "some" of the people. We needed someone from the outside to come in and change things up and that's what Dr. Tomback did. He made the board uncomfortable. He made people comfortable, because no one likes change. Change is difficult, it requires a change in mindset, a change in our feelings, a change in the way we do business, and those things make it hard, but it doesn’t mean it’s wrong.
When Dr. Tomback leaves, we will be losing someone that didn’t think like historic HC, that brought to the system a new set of diverse perspectives and ideas that would strengthen and encourage our children to be more STEM competent and competitive in school and college. We needed someone that was forward thinking and progressive and we will be losing that in Dr. Tomback.

dr.tomback is an outstanding administraror. i workede closely with him in balto.co, he always puts the needs of the children first. it was a great loss when he left balto.co. to go to harford co. now you will realize that he is always thinking of your childrens future and change is not easy. dr tomback is a forward thinler and tried to make nessary changes hard as they might have been they needed done.