K-12 schools

A relative picking up a student dropped the firearm, police said.

Around two dozen high schools and middle schools in Baltimore County participated in Friday’s walkouts, but an hour before they began, Baltimore County Public Schools issued a 12:30 p.m. districtwide dismissal for “impending inclement weather.”

Some public school systems in Central Maryland are dismissing students early ahead of possible snow Friday afternoon.

The Howard County Board of Education voted Thursday to increase the enrollment fees for the summer gifted and talented program and for the Black Student Achievement Program.

A public hearing on the proposal is scheduled for Feb. 23.

School officials did not say which parts of the building have been damaged or how extensive the damage is.

A 34-year-old Pasadena man was charged with allowing a minor access to firearms after an accidental shooting in a Glen Burnie elementary school.

School officials say they want to set the record straight after Montgomery County’s much-maligned response to the recent snowstorm.

District officials outlined the beginnings of a plan to make up for lost learning time.

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.

Jamar Briscoe, a former high school basketball coach at Poly, was denied bond after being arrested on felony drug distribution and possession charges.

Anne Arundel County Police are investigating an incident involving an accidental gun discharge in a classroom at an elementary school in Glen Burnie, officials said.

Superintendent Thomas Taylor is proposing a tiered approach to school staffing, based on grade level and concentration of poverty.

Here are the Maryland school districts delaying their start time on Wednesday, Feb. 4.

Reopening was complex for the Maryland School for the Blind in Northeast Baltimore, where over 200 students with visual disabilities, some of whom use wheelchairs or canes to get around, go to school.

Here is the list of K-12 schools that will be delayed or closed on Tuesday.

Montgomery County students will return to school on Tuesday after more than a week of school closures as the district dealt with snow and ice.

While district officials cleared campuses, the roads in Montgomery County still need work.

The phonics-forward method backed by brain science is what education leaders hope will bring Maryland back to its heyday.

Students missed a week of classes after the winter storm.