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Weapons detectors? Police officers? How should MCPS respond after Wootton shooting?
Thomas S. Wootton High School opened its doors Tuesday, less than a day after a student shot a classmate.
A Montgomery County Police officer walks past the barricaded Thomas S. Wootton High School after a reported shooting at the school on Monday.
How a trip to New Orleans unseated one of Maryland’s longest-running school leaders
The calls for Sean Bulson’s ouster started long before questions about that night in New Orleans.
Harford County Schools Superintendent Dr. Sean Bulson delivers a presentation on the school's budget shortfall to community members at Aberdeen High School on November 20, 2024, in Aberdeen, Md.
Harford school board votes to fire superintendent after New Orleans debacle
Harford County’s school board announced Monday night that it was terminating Superintendent Sean Bulson’s contract.
A portrait of Sean W. Bulson, Harford County’s schools superintendent, hangs on the wall during a school board meeting in January. The school board voted Monday night to terminate his contract.
Makeup snow day on major Muslim holiday sparks backlash
Maryland school districts have long struggled to honor the religious obligations of their diverse student population.
To the chagrin of some Muslim parents, Montgomery and Prince George’s county schools are using a major Muslim holiday as a snow makeup day.
Aspiring teachers thought they were getting a full ride. Then the bills came.
The Teaching Fellows for Maryland Scholarship is advertised as covering all tuition and fees, but it didn’t work out that way for some students.
Arthur Liao applied for the scholarship last March while a senior at the University of Maryland, College Park. Liao said MHEC’s scholarship portal showed he was awarded about $30,000. Liao then said an official told him he didn’t get the full amount due to a “budget issue.”
Gun found outside Sparrows Point High School after ICE walkout
A relative picking up a student dropped the firearm, police said.
County police responded to reports a gun was found outside Sparrows Point High School on Friday afternoon after a student walkout protesting ICE.
‘ICE out!’: Baltimore County students protest ICE, defy administrators after early dismissal
Around two dozen high schools and middle schools in Baltimore County participated in Friday’s walkouts, but an hour before they began, Baltimore County Public Schools issued a 12:30 p.m. districtwide dismissal for “impending inclement weather.”
February 6, 2026 - Students walk out of Sparrows Point High School to protest ICE being in their communities. They were joined by several other BCPS high schools including Perry Hall High School, Loch Raven High School, and Dundalk High School.
List: School closures for Friday afternoon
Some public school systems in Central Maryland are dismissing students early ahead of possible snow Friday afternoon.
Possible light snow Friday afternoon could disrupt school commutes.
Howard school board votes to increase summer program fees
The Howard County Board of Education voted Thursday to increase the enrollment fees for the summer gifted and talented program and for the Black Student Achievement Program.
The Howard County Board of Education voted Thursday to increase the enrollment fees for two summer programs for students.
Wootton High students would go to school in Gaithersburg under superintendent’s plan
A public hearing on the proposal is scheduled for Feb. 23.
Students at Rockville’s Thomas S. Wootton High School may be packing their book bags for a campus in Gaithersburg.
Baltimore School for the Arts closed for days after burst pipe floods building
School officials did not say which parts of the building have been damaged or how extensive the damage is.
Baltimore School for the Arts is closed for the next week after a burst sprinkler line flooded parts of the historic building.
Man charged after accidental shooting at Glen Burnie elementary school leaves child wounded
A 34-year-old Pasadena man was charged with allowing a minor access to firearms after an accidental shooting in a Glen Burnie elementary school.
FEBRUARY 4, 2026 -Anne Arundel County police car seen outside of Freetown Elementary School in Glen Burnie.
Some of Maryland’s brightest immigrant students can’t go to college
Some undocumented immigrants can’t get in-state tuition in Maryland, making college unaffordable.
An undocumented student sits in his math classroom after school in Baltimore, Md.
‘That’s not our job!’ Tension between schools, county ratchets up after snowstorm
School officials say they want to set the record straight after Montgomery County’s much-maligned response to the recent snowstorm.
An ice-covered crosswalk in Rockville shows the road conditions that Montgomery County Public Schools are evaluating before deciding to open campuses
How will Montgomery County schools make up their snow days?
District officials outlined the beginnings of a plan to make up for lost learning time.
A girl sleds down a hill on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, during a snowstorm in Silver Spring, Md. at Pinecrest Park.
Baltimore City students struggle to get to school through snowcrete, bus cancellations
With inches of ice on top of snow and freezing temperatures, what is now left is snowcrete — an impenetrable coating of white that doesn’t easily yield to a snow shovel. Baltimore City students are left struggling getting to school.
Students wait to board a public bus near Western High School off Falls Road after school on Tuesday.
Former Poly high school coach denied bond in felony drug distribution case
Jamar Briscoe, a former high school basketball coach at Poly, was denied bond after being arrested on felony drug distribution and possession charges.
A Baltimore County police vehicle’s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
A sniff for the sniffles? UMD’s nasal spray could fight flu, COVID and colds
The University of Maryland is testing a nasal spray to help protect people from common colds, flu, COVID-19 and other respiratory infections.
University of Maryland researchers are working on a nasal spray to fend off flu and other viruses.
7-year-old boy hospitalized after gun goes off in Glen Burnie elementary school
Anne Arundel County Police are investigating an incident involving an accidental gun discharge in a classroom at an elementary school in Glen Burnie, officials said.
FEBRUARY 4, 2026 -Anne Arundel County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Mark T. Bedell speaking with Anne Arundel County Police Captain Jacklyn Davis in the background outside Freetown Elementary School in Glen Burnie.
One kindergarten teacher and 27 kids? How the district wants to limit class sizes.
Superintendent Thomas Taylor is proposing a tiered approach to school staffing, based on grade level and concentration of poverty.
Superintendent Thomas Taylor is proposing a new tiered approach to school staffing, in which schools with the most concentrated levels of poverty would see the smallest class sizes.
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