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K-12 schools

    Where will your kids go to school next year? Baltimore County is about to decide.
    The school board will vote in March on plans to redistribute thousands of students among 25 elementary schools.
    Wellwood International School in Pikesville is one of the overcrowded schools participating in a northwest area redistricting process organized by Baltimore County Public Schools.
    Baltimore County’s superintendent wants to shrink some class sizes. That comes at a cost.
    The investments in elementary schools Myriam Rogers has proposed will come with trade-offs.
    Baltimore County Public Schools superintendent Myriam Rogers has proposed a budget that would lower class sizes in third through fifth grades.
    Letters: Congress must extend benefit to close the digital divide
    Legislation in Congress would make internet access available to more people in Baltimore, throughout Maryland and elsewhere, Rep. Kweisi Mfume and the director of the Baltimore Digital Equity Coalition say.
    A little boy takes a standardized test on a laptop.
    Moms for Liberty takes aim at Howard County school library books
    The conservative parents group is enlisting the help of the “mastermind” behind a book-ban campaign in Carroll County schools.
    The Howard County chapter of Moms for Liberty plans to follow Carroll County’s lead in a campaign to get “sexually explicit” school library books off the shelves.
    Park School alumni group agrees on one thing: Opinions on Gaza shouldn’t be censored
    More than 200 people have signed a letter to The Park School of Baltimore condemning the decision to abruptly cancel an assembly about the war between Israel and Hamas.
    Alumni sent a letter to the Park School of Baltimore after it canceled an assembly about the war between Israel and Gaza.
    Police continue to investigate school bus crash in Howard County
    Four students were taken to the hospital to be evaluated for injuries on Thursday after a bus skidded off the road in Columbia and turned on its side in a field.
    Zum, a California based tech company, will handle 230 of Howard County Public School's roughly 500 school bus routes for the next three years.
    Columbia high school community demands overdue repairs after Monday flooding
    The Oakland Mills High School community is demanding that long-overdue repairs happen now after flooding shut down the school Monday.
    Oakland Mills High School was closed Monday Feb. 5, 2024, due to flooding.
    Time is nearly up. Will Baltimore City schools keep CEO Sonja Santelises?
    The silence in February is unusual.
    Dr. Sonja Brookins Santelises, CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools, speaks at the Maryland Impact Conference Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023 in Baltimore.
    Baltimore Co. superintendent wants to cut hundreds of school jobs but won’t say which ones
    Most of the jobs on the chopping block are vacant, but school system leaders want to give proper notice to the few who will be reassigned.
    Baltimore County Public Schools superintendent Myriam Yarbrough pictured at a public forum on Thursday, June 15, 2023.
    It’s summer camp registration season. Parents are not OK.
    It is the middle of winter, but many parents are already thinking about summer because it’s camp sign-up time. One Banner reporter and mother of three talks about the stresses of signing up.
    Lucia and Alma Korman heading to farm camp at the Baltimore County AG Center last year.
    Letters: Absenteeism is high because kids are sick
    The continuing impact of COVID-19 and other illnesses is an important factor in persistently high absenteeism at Maryland’s schools, a children’s health advocate says.
    The continuing impact of COVID-19 and other illnesses is an important factor in persistently high absenteeism at Maryland’s schools, a children’s health advocate says.
    Baltimore County is courting diverse teachers with a new scholarship
    The county and its Education Foundation are giving up to $1 million in scholarships for people of color and women in STEM pursuing a teaching career.
    Classroom at Overlea High School, in Baltimore, Tuesday, May 31, 2023.
    Kenwood High School student stabbed by classmate in hallway
    The victim was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
    One student stabbed and injured another student Thursday at Kenwood High School in Middle River.
    25 electric school buses start serving Baltimore schools
    All-electric yellow school buses will begin serving about 300 city school students.
    An electric school bus that’s now part of the Baltimore City Schools fleet.
    Commentary: Teen cannabis use a problem parents must not ignore
    Use of edibles and other cannabis products can harm teens, and parents must act to protect them, says Renee M. Johnson, a professor in the Department of Mental Health and Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
    Use of edibles and other cannabis products can harm teens. Their parents must protect them, says Renee M. Johnson, a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
    Race for Anne Arundel school board begins to take shape
    Four Anne Arundel County Board of Education members are seeking reelection in 2024, while three other incumbents are not.
    Members of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education debate a policy limiting flags on school property on July 12, 2023.
    Baltimore teachers negotiate a 9% pay bump for early-career educators
    “It is probably the highest raise we have been able to secure in our history,” the Baltimore Teachers Union president said.
    The exterior of the Baltimore City Schools Administrative Headquarters on North Avenue.
    From third grade orchestra to environmental education, Howard County schools face pushback over proposed budget cuts
    The acting superintendent of Howard County's school system has proposed nearly $47 million in spending cuts. Concerned residents and educators focused on three proposed cuts at a recent public hearing.
    An exterior view of the Howard County Department of Education building on Jan. 18, 2024.
    Far more Maryland students are missing too much school
    Three-quarters of Maryland schools had high or extreme levels of students chronically absent.
    A student raises their hand during a reading class at Montebello Elementary/Middle School on Tuesday, June 6, 2023.
    Baltimore’s Park School canceled a talk on Israel and Gaza. Chaos ensued.
    The Park School is the latest local institution where passionate discourse about the conflict in the Middle East has turned to controversy.
    The Park School entrance off Old Court Rd. in Baltimore.
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