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K-12 schools

    One of Hampden’s hottest preschools is run by Mennonites
    A conservative Anabaptist group runs one of the hottest preschools in Baltimore’s liberal Hampden neighborhood.
    Harriet Unger, 2, crawls through a cubby at Hampden Christian School.
    Think high school redistricting was tough? Get ready for an elementary boundary study.
    Montgomery County will consider closing campuses and changing attendance zones.
    District leaders say a shake-up is necessary as Montgomery County Public Schools confront declining enrollment, uneven building utilization and other factors.
    Anne Arundel parents sued to opt out of a gender identity policy. Here’s what to know.
    The lawsuit, filed last week, is America First Legal’s latest effort to bring conservative influence into public schools.
    A participant in the Baltimore Trans Pride Grand March holds the Transgender Flag while marching in Baltimore, MD on 6/29/2024.
    Judge orders release of mother taken into ICE custody on Baltimore school campus
    U.S. District Judge Matthew Maddox ordered Adriana Gavilan Sanchez’s release from immigration custody.
    Federal immigration agents arrest Jesus Acevedo Sanchez as he drops his daughter off at Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle School in June as his partner, Adriana Gavilan Sanchez, the girl’s mother, looks on. (Still from bystander video)
    Former Baltimore schools CEO snags top job at DC’s Council on Foreign Relations
    Sonja Brookins Santelises wants to make classroom conversation civil again.
    Former Baltimore City Public Schools CEO Sonja Brookins Santelises will be vice president, senior fellow and director of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Richard Haass Center for Education.
    This street saw a stabbing, then a police shooting. Leaders want to know what could help.
    Community leaders will gather Thursday evening near a Gaithersburg bus stop where police fatally shot a man last weekend. They plan to talk with residents about strategies to stem persistent violence in the area.
    Community leaders, including Amar Mukunda, will gather Thursday evening near a Gaithersburg bus stop where police fatally shot a man last weekend.
    Harford’s new schools chief has one big job: Bring a divided community together
    Dyann Mack, a lifelong Harford resident and 30-year veteran of the school system, is determined to put the focus back on what’s happening in the classroom.
    Dyann Mack, a 30-year veteran of Harford County Public Schools, was named superintendent following a contentious school year.
    Streeter: Somerset County’s school board wants to make your kids ignorant
    COLUMN | The Somerset County proposal to limit young adult book titles to kids 18 and older will make children less empathetic and — let’s face it — stupider.
    Commonly banned books are displayed at the New York Public Library.
    Maryland schools rank 10th worst for racial segregation
    A new report ranks Maryland’s schools as more racially and economically segregated than most in the nation.
    Students walk in the hallway at Nottingham Middle School on the first day of school on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024 in Rosedale, MD.
    A Baltimore school told its immigrant families they were safe. Then ICE came to campus.
    An arrest on the Commodore John Rodgers campus shattered the sense of safety school staff spent years building.
    Principal Marc Martin greets arriving teachers outside of the front office inside Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle School.
    Parents sue Anne Arundel schools, allege officials hid their child’s gender transition
    Two parents, backed by a conservative nonprofit group, are suing Anne Arundel County Public Schools over the school system’s policies related to transgender children.
    Two parents, backed by a conservative nonprofit group, are suing Anne Arundel County Public Schools over the school system’s policies related to transgender children.
    An Eastern Shore school board wants an 18-and-over rule for young-adult books
    Classics like ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ and ‘Little Women’ might be off limits to most students under the proposed policy.
    The proposed policy calls for the superintendent to discipline librarians if “adult” reading material appears in the children’s section.
    More Maryland kids are coming to school in pull-ups. Teachers are told to help.
    Since the pandemic, Maryland educators say they’ve seen more children starting school not fully potty-trained.
    BALTIMORE, MD - DECEMBER 5, 2024: Kindergarten students pay attention to their teacher during an English Language Arts class in KIPP Harmony Academy on December 5, 2024.
    Streeter: Cellphone bans at Maryland schools make sense — until they don’t
    COLUMN | Starting in the 2027-28 school year, Maryland school districts must adopt a consistent policy restricting phone usage in class. As a parent, I’m concerned.
    Principal Shawnette Williams collects a cellphone and headphones from a student arriving at Reginald Lewis High School on Monday, March 17, 2025. The phones are put in numbered pouches and locked up until the end of the school day.
    Vaughn-Hall: Deteriorating cars and growing kids fill Baltimore’s Herring Run Park
    Two years ago, I followed tips about abandoned cars and other dumping in East Baltimore’s lower Herring Run Park. On a recent return trip with a group of middle schoolers, I saw nothing much had changed.
    Students with teacher Katlyn Talerico’s hiking group from Armistead Gardens Elementary/Middle School come across an abandoned car  along the trail at lower Herring Run Park.
    New Baltimore County superintendent to be among highest paid in the state
    A lot of what’s in William “Bill” Heiser’s contract is similar to his predecessor’s. But there’s a slight difference in the salary and the residency requirement.
    The Baltimore County school board met virtually on Monday to approve William “Bill” Heiser’s superintendent contract.
    What happened to the plan to stop Baltimore County school overcrowding?
    An advisory group that would help set limits has yet to get started.
    A committee meant to advise Baltimore County leaders on preventing school overcrowding has yet to get started.
    How on-site daycare helps close the graduation gap for Baltimore’s teen moms
    Half of teen moms don’t graduate high school. Excel Academy is different.
    Rylee Pinkney Barnwell with her son, Ramire Manns, during the Itsy Bitsy Sneaker Ball at the Poppleton Recreation Center in Baltimore.
    Public schools immune from some older sexual abuse allegations, state high court rules
    In a 42-page opinion on Tuesday, Chief Justice Matthew Fader wrote that the Maryland General Assembly only required school systems to obtain comprehensive liability insurance beginning July 1, 1971.
    The exterior of the Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal building, home of the Maryland Supreme Court, in Annapolis, MD
    After a rocky search, community leaders ready to back new Baltimore County superintendent
    Local groups were not happy with the search process, but the community is ready to support William Heiser.
    Local groups were not happy with the search process, but the community is ready to support William Heiser as superintendent.
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