Howard County Public Schools cannot keep up the pace with students who are vandalizing bathrooms. Their quick fix is locking up bathrooms throughout the school day.
Monday is the first day of school in Baltimore City and Anne Arundel and Howard counties, along with transition day in Montgomery County schools. Coppin State, Towson and UMBC students return to classes, too.
Superintendent Bill Heiser gave news media and county officials a rundown of teacher vacancies, completed school construction projects, school bus driver shortages and more on Monday morning.
Bill Heiser has promised to raise graduation rates and test scores and rebuild trust in Baltimore County schools, where repeated budget cuts have hurt morale.
The years-old policy became the focus of intense scrutiny last month after parents of an area high school student filed a federal lawsuit alleging teachers and staff lied about and hid their child’s gender transition.
A teen pleaded guilty to gun possession and was sentenced to 98 days in jail in connection with a shooting in the parking lot of Blake High School in April.