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Loyola University Maryland gets 3 record-high gifts in a row
Together, the donations bring in $32 million for Loyola University Maryland, the private college in North Baltimore.
Loyola University Maryland, in Baltimore, Thursday, March 13, 2025.
School in July? An experiment with a longer school year could come to an end
Montgomery County Public Schools leaders say a Silver Spring school’s longer academic year hasn’t paid off and are recommending reverting it to a traditional calendar year, which could save the district more than $1.4 million.
Angel Johnson and her daughter love the longer school year at Arcola, crediting it for the fourth-graders academic success. Photo taken at Arcola Elementary in Silver Spring.
List: School closings and delays for Friday
Here are the Maryland K-12 schools, colleges and universities that will be closed, delayed or switching to virtual learning due to the weather.
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026 — Baltimore County School busses sit in the county lot on Providence Road on day when schools are closed because of snow.
Montgomery County Public Schools will be closed Friday
Students will miss an entire week of school because of icy conditions.
Children sled down a hill on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, during a snowstorm in Silver Spring, Md. at Pinecrest Park.
University of Maryland restores heat after encouraging students to leave campus
The state’s flagship university lost heat and hot water twice in two days amid freezing temperatures.
The University of Maryland, College Park has restored heat and hot water to more than 100 buildings after frigid temperatures caused outages twice in two days.
Francis Scott Key Elementary/Middle students moved after mold discovered in walls
Nearly 600 South Baltimore students will be bused eight miles to the former Thurgood Marshall Middle School building in East Baltimore.
Francis Scott Key Elementary/Middle School students have been moved after mold was discovered in the walls of the school.
List: School closings and delays for Thursday
As the weather remain frigid, here are the K-12 schools, colleges and universities that remain closed, delayed or have switched to virtual learning.
The weather will remain frigid the rest of this week, and some roads are still icy.
University of Maryland warming back up after brief heat, hot water outage
Temperatures are on the rise again after the University of Maryland, College Park experienced a brief steam outage that temporarily left dozens of buildings without fully functioning heat and hot water Wednesday morning.
A steam outage at the University of Maryland, College Park caused dozens of buildings to lose hot water and heat.
Maryland sees drop in Hispanic graduations as immigration raids ramp up
A precipitous drop in the number of Hispanic students and foreign students learning English has fueled a 1 percentage point decline in the state’s graduation rate for 2025.
A student walks past lockers in the hallway outside Damien Ford’s Baltimore School for The Arts classroom on Dec. 21, 2022. Ford teaches an African American Literature class where shows his students comparisons between Lauryn Hill lyrics and the work of Zora Neal Hurston.
Montgomery County public schools will be closed Wednesday and Thursday
MCPS announced Tuesday that schools will be closed Wednesday and Thursday. School officials will announce on Thursday whether they will close on Friday.
Cynthia Ferguson, left, and Joni Kayne sled down a hill on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, during a snowstorm  in Silver Spring, Md. at Pinecrest Park.
List: School closings and delays for Wednesday
Here’s what we know about Maryland school and college closures as cold weather and ice persist.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2025 — Ava Funk, 5, boards her school bus to Davidsonville Elementary School in Riva, MD.
List: Winter storm school closings and delays for Tuesday
As crews clear snow, several school systems across Maryland will be closed or delayed on Tuesday.
Several school systems across Maryland will be closed or delayed on Tuesday.
After the snow comes the next challenge for schools — extreme cold
As Maryland schools are clearing out from the winter snow storm, officials are trying to prepare for the next weather event: extreme cold.
Lockers in a hallway inside of Oakland Mills High School in Columbia, Md. on Wednesday, April 9, 2025.
Watch: Superintendent’s snow day rap gets clicks and a few clucks
Somewhere at the intersection of creative and cringe lies Superintendent Thomas Taylor’s rap video announcing an MCPS snow day.
MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor becomes Super Snowy/Doctor T when he decides to close schools.
List: School snow closings and delays in Maryland
Here is a list of K-12 schools closing or delaying start times Monday, Jan. 25.
The weather has closed many area schools.
MCPS: No school Monday and Tuesday
MCPS schools, already slated to close on Monday, will close on Tuesday also due to the snowstorm.
About two dozen kids and their parents found top-notch sledding in Pinecrest Park in the Woodmoor neighborhood of Silver Spring Sunday afternoon.
In Howard County, predicting school snow days is a sport
Howard schools chief Bill Barnes acknowledged last month that it can seem like there’s no rhyme or reason to snow days.
A child sleds down a hill at Lake Elkhorn during a snow day on January 6th, 2025 in Columbia, MD.
Could this weekend’s snowstorm extend the school year in Maryland?
Here’s what happens if Central Maryland schools use all their snow days.
A school bus drives through the Charles Village neighborhood of Baltimore as the first snow of the season falls in the city on Friday.
List: Maryland universities announce closures, cancellations ahead of snowstorm
Maryland universities have announced closures, cancellations and virtual adjustments ahead of a major snowstorm this weekend.
Maryland universities have announced closures, cancellations and virtual adjustments ahead of a major snowstorm this weekend.
Ex-St. John’s Parish Day School employee sentenced for possession of child sexual abuse materials
Ellicott City resident Jackie Wang, 18, pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor count in October after police found an external hard drive hidden under his mattress that contained child sexual abuse material.
Exterior of the Circuit Court for Howard County is seen on January 30, 2024.
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