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K-12 schools

    Furloughed parents are jumping into thorny school debates
    Montgomery County school leaders announced major plans at practically the same time many parents were sent home from their jobs.
    Victoria Hougham, a furloughed federal worker, has been using her unexpected time away from work to research and advocate on Montgomery County Public Schools proposals.
    Baltimore County gym teacher awaiting trial on sex abuse charges fights termination
    Roger Myers filed a lawsuit in Baltimore County Circuit Court against Baltimore County Public Schools and Superintendent Myriam Rogers, contending he officially retired effective July 1.
    The Baltimore County Public School Board logo as seen during a board meeting on 12/6/22.
    Ex-Pikesville High principal impersonated in racist AI case settles lawsuit
    Eric Eiswert had sued Baltimore County Public Schools and Dazhon Darien after an audio clip made it sound like Eiswert made racist and antisemitic comments.
    Eric Eiswert, former principal of Pikesville High School, leaves the Baltimore County Courthouse after Dazhon Darien, the man accused of using artificial intelligence to impersonate him took a plea deal.
    Annapolis charter school once hampered by Trump tariffs sets sights on 2026
    New Village Academy, a charter high school, has been hampered by roadblocks for years. Now it sets its sights on an Annapolis opening in 2026.
    The interior of the Westfield Annapolis mall, seen on August 5, 2024.
    New job just dropped. Want to lead Baltimore City schools?
    The new CEO could earn up to $375,000 annually.
    Baltimore City public schools CEO Sonja Santelises makes her annual visit to city schools on the first day of the new school year on Aug. 25. This is her last year in the position.
    What is the Montgomery County school board going to do about Crown High?
    MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor wants to use the newly constructed campus as a “holding school.”
    Montgomery County parents, including Nihar Shah, center, hold signs at Thursday's school board meeting, urging members not to use Crown High as a temporary holding campus.
    More Montgomery County students suspended so far this year
    The 29% increase was driven by more suspensions assigned to Hispanic students, children who are learning English and those who receive special education services.
    Montgomery County Public Schools recently revised its student code of conduct.
    Baltimore County schools to retrain staff after AI gun-detection system flub
    Baltimore County Public Schools officials say a retraining is in order after police drew guns on a Kenwood High School student whose bag of chips was mistaken for a gun.
    Police were called to Kenwood High School last week after Baltimore County Public Schools’ weapon-detection system alerted officials of a possible gun on campus.
    A Montgomery County teacher is heading to the “Jeopardy!” stage
    The Takoma Park Middle School educator will appear Nov. 4.
    A Takoma Park Middle School educator will appear on "Jeopardy" on Nov. 4.
    Somerset superintendent exits amid months of conflict with MAGA-aligned school board
    The Somerset County school board voted Monday to part ways with its superintendent after months of turmoil in the school system.
    Somerset County Board of Education in Westover, MD, Saturday, July 26, 2025.
    AI mistake led to Baltimore County gun scare caught on bodycam
    With guns drawn, Baltimore County Police surrounded a group of students after the Omnilert AI Gun Detection System warned school leaders that a student had a gun. 
    Stills from body camera footage show police confronting a group of students outside Kenwood High School after an A.I.-powered gun detection system mistook a bag of chips for a weapon.
    Baltimore County councilman calls for review of school’s AI gun-detection system
    Julian Jones wants a review of the events that led to “police officers pulling up on a kid with guns drawn.”
    Police were called to Kenwood High School after gun-detection software mistook a bag of chips for a weapon.
    Baltimore County school’s AI gun detection system mistook a bag of chips for a weapon
    The false alarm was triggered by Omnilert, Baltimore County Public Schools’ gun detection system.
    Kenwood High School in Essex.
    These Anne Arundel parents thought they’d escaped school redistricting. They were wrong.
    Whose children get to stay at Davidsonville Elementary is now among the most contentious battles in Anne Arundel County's yearlong redistricting process.
    Parents and students wait for the school bus to Davidsonville Elementary School in Riva.
    South Baltimore’s closed schools are prime real estate. For now, they’re full of trash.
    While they wait for a developer, two Cherry Hill school buildings have been burned, vandalized and used as a dumping ground.
    Trash and abandoned furniture on the grounds of the former New Era Academy school in Cherry Hill.
    What does it take to root out fraud in Maryland’s biggest school districts?
    Montgomery County’s Inspector General is the only office of its kind in Maryland that acts as a watchdog for its county school system. That could soon change.
    Megan Limarzi, the Inspector General for Montgomery County, in her office in Rockville.
    The only charter school in Montgomery County is hitting speed bumps
    The charter school’s enrollment has dropped by more than 25% since the school opened in August.
    Mecca Business Learning Institute leaders hoped to launch this fall in a newly renovated Germantown campus, but construction delays meant they had to instead start the year in an old Montgomery County Public School building in Bethesda. The two campuses are about 20 miles apart, leading to transportation issues and enrollment declines.
    Montgomery County’s high school boundary study could be getting a major change-up
    Superintendent Thomas Taylor wants to consider using the new Crown High building as a “holding school” to house students while their own campuses undergo renovations.
    The Montgomery County Public Schools headquarters in Rockville.
    Baltimore’s education dynasty gathers around a Roland Park dinner table
    Around the Hornbeck family table are two Baltimore school principals, a former Maryland state superintendent of schools and two teachers.
    The Hornbeck family, including from left Matt Hornbeck, David Hornbeck, Becky Hornbeck and Mark Gaither, gathers for dinner.
    3 in 4 Maryland kids are shut out of after-school programs
    Too many Maryland families are ‘scrambling to figure out what they’re doing at 3 p.m.' since most kids are shut out from after school programs.
    Students engage in an after-school program within one of the educational spaces at Okinawan Karate Dojo on 6/13/24 in Ellicott City, MD.
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