K-12 schools

    $230K donation will help students with meal debt in Montgomery County schools
    A $230,000 donation will help reduce meal debt for eligible students in Montgomery County Public Schools.
    A $230,000 donation to Montgomery County Public Schools will help eliminate two years of meal debt for families eligible for the Free and Reduced-Price Meals program.
    Crofton parents determined to stop Anne Arundel school redistricting file legal challenge
    Crofton parents who oppose Anne Arundel County’s school redistricting plan appealed Friday to the Maryland State Board of Education.
    The Anne Arundel County school board gave parents a chance to weigh in on the redistricting plan at a meeting in October. Crofton parents who oppose the plan appealed Friday to the Maryland State Board of Education.
    We know at least this many Montgomery County students have been deported
    The students include some who were deported and some who left the country because their parents were deported, according to Maryland's largest immigrant advocacy group.
    An Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicle is parked outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, in Broadview, Ill. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
    Baltimore County board says part-time librarians’ jobs will be protected
    Yara Cheikh, the president of the Baltimore County Public Library board, reiterated that the board will abide by a 2019 policy that the part-time librarian positions will be phased out through attrition. When the part-time librarians retire or move on, they will not be replaced, but they have no reason to fear layoffs, Cheikh said.
    Laura Kellman, a librarian from Anne Arundel County, raises a fist in solidarity as her peers speak out at an emergency meeting to address their grievances last month in Towson. This week, Baltimore County Public Library’s board announced that their part-time librarians’ jobs will be protected.
    Baltimore County teachers want the right to strike. Could legislation make it happen?
    Maryland law prevents teachers from striking, but educators want that to change.
    Cindy Sexton, head of the Teachers Association of Baltimore County, talks to reporters about having to renegotiate salary raises with Baltimore County Public Schools on May 14 outside the union's Towson headquarters.
    McDaniel College to offer free graduate tuition to McDonogh School teachers
    Graduate tuition at the Carroll County college averages around $11,500 per year.
    McDaniel College in Westminster, September 13, 2024.
    Will Howard County give an extra $38 million to fix aging schools?
    Howard County Executive Calvin Ball signed off on legislation months ago to allow for county surplus funding to go to the school system. Now he's calling that into question.
    Howard County Executive Calvin Ball, left, wrote the County Council on Dec. 10 to confirm nearly $38 million in surplus funds, but stopped short of committing to provide it to the schools, as a recently adopted county bill had stipulated.
    5 things to know about the proposed Montgomery County schools budget
    Superintendent Thomas Taylor said tough economic conditions and declining enrollment will keep spending tight.
    Thomas Taylor, superintendent of schools, during a Montgomery County Board of Education work session in September.
    Anne Arundel schools superintendent unveils conservative $1.9 billion budget
    Anne Arundel County Schools Superintendent Mark Bedell unveiled a $1.9 billion spending plan for next fiscal year that he characterized as responsible amid budgetary constraints and uncertainty at the state and federal levels.
    Dr. Mark Bedell, Anne Arundel County Schools Superintendent, takes a microphone to speak after another parent interrupted public comment about proposed school redistricting plans during a meeting at Annapolis Middle School in Annapolis, Md. on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.
    Maryland public school enrollment is shrinking, and leaders are scratching their heads
    The state’s public schools have lost more than 11,000 students since last school year, a troubling sign for local education leaders whose funding is tied to how many students they serve.
    A drop in immigrant students could be driving the losses in some school districts, like Montgomery County.
    List: Schools close or delay opening Monday after snow and plunging temperatures
    As temperatures drop after Sunday’s snow, some Maryland school systems have announced they’ll open two hours late or close on Monday.
    Brothers Desmond, 10, left, and Ellis Bettle, 8, sled at Druid Hill Park on Sunday.
    Your guide to the changes coming to Montgomery County’s public schools
    Montgomery County Public Schools are in for some massive changes. This guide summarizes the school system’s plans, and we’ll refresh it regularly to keep you posted on how they evolve and when the public can weigh in.
    Montgomery County Board of Education members during a work session Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025 in Montgomery County, Maryland.
    John Brady, longtime Annapolis High basketball coach with a winning way, dies at 78
    John Brady, a longtime basketball coach at Annapolis High School who stepped away from coaching in 2016, died this week at 78.
    John Brady, Erin Brady and Sharon Brady at Erin’s college graduation in 2010.
    Community members rally to oppose proposed school closures in Baltimore
    More than 100 people jammed into the Baltimore City schools boardroom Thursday night to protest the proposed closure of several schools in June.
    More than 100 people jammed into the Baltimore City schools board room on Thursday Dec. 11, 2025 to protest the proposed closure of several schools in June 2026.
    Baltimore’s only all-boys charter school wants a chance to turn things around. Again.
    Baltimore Collegiate was the only charter school recommended for closure this year, with public school officials citing academic and financial concerns.
    Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys at 2525 Kirk Ave.
    Montgomery County’s only charter school will fight closure effort
    Superintendent Thomas Taylor wants to close the Mecca Business Learning Institute, but the charter school’s officials are appealing to the Maryland State Board of Education.
    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.
    Can Baltimore County’s new charter school lock down a site for next fall?
    Bilingual Global Citizens Public Charter School is now hoping to land a White Marsh location.
    People gather in attendence for the Baltimore County Board of Education meeting on July 11, 2023.
    Maryland public schools lost over 11,000 students this year
    Enrollment for Maryland public schools saw a much steeper decline than early estimates showed.
    Seventh grade students line up for lunch at Robert Frost Middle School in Montgomery County, which lost more than 2,000 students this year.
    Maryland tries to settle decades of fighting over funding its charter schools
    The Maryland state school board will vote Tuesday on a regulation they hope will bring peace between warring factions.
    The school hallway showing classrooms decorated with university themes in KIPP Harmony Academy is seen on December 5, 2024.
    Why a principal celebrated the 67th day of school
    You can tell kids to stop shouting “6-7!” — or you can lean into it.
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