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Baltimore County schools avoid cutting jobs, bigger classes with extra $9.3 million
The funding will restore about 140 jobs that had been on the chopping block.
Baltimore County Executive Kathy Klausmeier and Superintendent Myriam Rogers announced Friday morning at the Baltimore County Public Schools headquarters in Towson that the school system will receive an extra $9.3 million to help save school positions and avoid raising class sizes.
2 lawmakers call on Baltimore County school board to revote on budget. It seems unlikely.
Two Republican state delegates are calling for the Baltimore County school board to revote on a budget passed in February, citing what they claim was an illegally cast vote by a former member.
Board Vice Chair Robin Harvey listens to public comment at the Baltimore County Public School Board meeting on 12/6/22.
Ray Lewis and Baltimore County schools launch mental health screenings
After his son’s overdose death, former Baltimore Raven Ray Lewis started a mental health foundation to bring mental health screenings to Baltimore County schools at no cost.
Former Raven Ray Lewis speaks to Baltimore County students during the Mind Over Matters youth mental health fair at MedStar Franklin Square Hospital on Wednesday.
Baltimore County could lose a charter school over a paperwork dispute
Bilingual Global Citizens Public Charter School's building plans were put on hold.
Bilingual Global Citizens Public Charter School was approved by the Baltimore County school board back in 2024 but has been struggling to get off the ground ever since. They have finally found a home at 7941 Corporate Drive in Nottingham.
Some Baltimore County students skip class to protest Trump amid school warnings
Thirty schools in five Maryland districts signed up to protest the actions of President Donald Trump’s administration. However, some school administrators warned against it, threatening disciplinary action if students skipped class.
Students participate in a walkout at Eastern Technical High School in Essex to protest the Trump administration and ICE on Friday.
Baltimore County students plan more walkouts. Schools say there will be consequences.
The demonstrations, planned for Friday at 11 a.m., mark the second time in two months that students across Baltimore County organized school-day protests they say are within their First Amendment rights.
Towson High School students Sam LaBuff, 17, left, and Ben Kasofsky, 17, are organizing the intra-school school walk out efforts on Friday.
Explosion at East Baltimore Coca-Cola plant sends two to the hospital
The explosion occurred after a pressure valve went off that handled carbon monoxide, a Baltimore City Fire Department spokesman said.
Truck 55 sits in the Baltimore City Fire Department station in Pigtown on Thursday, June 29, 2023.
Warm weather is here, but don’t let it fool you
While the sun has been shy these last couple of weeks, things are starting to look up.
A pair look out at the Patapsco River from Broadway Pier in Fells Point. Dark gray clouds are closest to the horizon, and sunlight breaks through the top of the clouds as a seagull flies by.
Baltimore County schools superintendent suddenly announces retirement
Myriam Rogers has more than a year left on her contract.
Baltimore County Public Schools Superintendent Myriam Rogers unexpectedly announced her retirement Thursday morning.
To fund raises, Baltimore County school board votes to cut nearly 600 jobs
The Baltimore County school board voted 7-4 on Tuesday night to adopt a budget that raises staff salaries at the expense of nearly 600 jobs. The changes would likely increase class sizes.
Superintendent Myriam Rogers, right, seated with school board Chair Jane Lichter, has said Baltimore County Public Schools will need to makes cuts to afford $93 million in raises promised to staff.
Bigger classes could be coming to Baltimore County schools
Something has to give to balance Baltimore County school system’s budget — and it might be class sizes.
Students walk in the hallway at Nottingham Middle School on the first day of school on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024 in Rosedale, MD.
It just got easier for Baltimore County students to apply for college
Not only has applying to community college become a lot smoother for Baltimore County Public Schools students, but it also guarantees they are accepted.
Community College of Baltimore County, CCBC, Essex campus.
Case dismissed against Baltimore County gym teacher accused of sexually abusing 2 students
Jordan Adams, 29, of Windsor Mill, had been charged in Baltimore County Circuit Court with sexual abuse of a minor and second-degree assault.
The Baltimore County Courts Building at 401 Bosley Avenue in Towson.
How a trip to New Orleans unseated one of Maryland’s longest-running school leaders
The calls for Sean Bulson’s ouster started long before questions about that night in New Orleans.
Harford County Schools Superintendent Dr. Sean Bulson delivers a presentation on the school's budget shortfall to community members at Aberdeen High School on November 20, 2024, in Aberdeen, Md.
Harford school board votes to fire superintendent after New Orleans debacle
Harford County’s school board announced Monday night that it was terminating Superintendent Sean Bulson’s contract.
A portrait of Sean W. Bulson, Harford County’s schools superintendent, hangs on the wall during a school board meeting in January. The school board voted Monday night to terminate his contract.
Charges dropped against Baltimore County gym teacher accused of sexually abusing 2 students
Roger Myers, 61, of Towson, had been charged in Baltimore County Circuit Court with sexual abuse of a minor, third- and fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault.
The Baltimore County Courts Building at 401 Bosley Avenue in Towson.
Baltimore City students struggle to get to school through snowcrete, bus cancellations
With inches of ice on top of snow and freezing temperatures, what is now left is snowcrete — an impenetrable coating of white that doesn’t easily yield to a snow shovel. Baltimore City students are left struggling getting to school.
Students wait to board a public bus near Western High School off Falls Road after school on Tuesday.
Does snow-day learning need screens? Baltimore County schools try a new approach.
Some elementary school students learned from a packet instead of a screen on this week’s snow days. Some did both.
Maggie Furth, a fifth grade Baltimore County Public Schools student, took classes online from her Catonsville home on Thursday after the school district switched to virtual learning.
School background checks are law, but educators slip through the cracks, audit finds
Three Maryland school districts admitted they don’t regularly screen applicants.
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University of Maryland warming back up after brief heat, hot water outage
Temperatures are on the rise again after the University of Maryland, College Park experienced a brief steam outage that temporarily left dozens of buildings without fully functioning heat and hot water Wednesday morning.
A steam outage at the University of Maryland, College Park caused dozens of buildings to lose hot water and heat.
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