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Baltimore County executive, school superintendent announce pay raise plan
Both the superintendent and county executive stood united at West Towson Elementary Tuesday afternoon after being on different pages in previous conversations over the school system’s spending plan.
Baltimore County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Darryl Williams and Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski announced the details of a higher compensation package for BCPS employees.
Student protestors disrupt Johns Hopkins meeting on planned police force
The action comes one month after university officials announced that the institution would proceed with plans to develop and implement the force.
A large group of student protesters who oppose plans to create an armed, private Johns Hopkins University police force disrupted a public meeting scheduled for Thursday evening.
Mount Airy couple denied bail after husband arrested with ‘destructive device’ at Baltimore County school
Pine Grove Elementary School was evacuated after an explosive device was found in a car in the parking lot on Tuesday, according to a law enforcement source with knowledge of the incident.
6/16/22—A Baltimore County police car sits outside of the Public Safety Building and Police Department in Towson.
Baltimore County school retirees overpaid for benefits as result of cyberattack
Some are now being asked to pay back as much as tens of thousands of dollars.
The Baltimore County Board of Education’s logo as seen the wall during their bi-weekly meeting at the Greenwood Campus on 8/23/22.
Majority of Marylanders in Goucher Poll support public schools teaching about race, COVID mandates
A wide majority of Maryland residents say public schools should teach about racism in our institutions, according to Goucher College poll.
Students in classroom, reading book, with parent, and COVID vaccine
Opinion: Your political flags shouldn’t fly at our government buildings
Whether activists and politicians want to admit it, public buildings are not the place for affirming the sexuality of students, teachers, or anybody else.
6/10/22—Ash Tough, 13, holds a Pride flag up in front of Northwest Middle School in Taneytown.
Katie Caljean wants to pass on her love of history
She is the first woman to be both president and CEO of the Maryland Center for History and Culture.
Katie Caljean is the first woman to simultaneously be the president and CEO of the Maryland Center for History and Culture.
Two guns found at Baltimore County public schools this week
Three Baltimore County Public School students were arrested after two guns were found on high school campuses.
Students get ready for the first day of school at Randallstown High School, September 2022.
Baltimore County school system spending plan asks county for $138 million over five years
To fulfill the teachers union contract, the system would need to scrounge up millions for its $1.7 billion operating budget to sustain the higher pay over the next five years.
Darryl L. Williams, Superintendent of the Baltimore County Public School System, listens during the Board of Education’s bi-weekly meeting at the Greenwood Campus on 8/23/22.
Notre Dame of Maryland University will go coed, enroll men starting in 2023
A task force formed by the private, Catholic school's board found the Baltimore institution must cast a wider net and attract new types of applicants to stay afloat.
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Facing teacher vacancies, Anne Arundel County’s schools have turned to staffing agencies for hard-to-fill jobs
Anne Arundel County Public Schools is relying on staffing agencies to help with its vacancies. Although working with contractors was not a new concept, teachers were in uproar because contracted teachers were making sometimes double what they were.
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Emmy nominated actress Moses Ingram surprises students at Baltimore School for the Arts
In town filming the Apple TV+ miniseries “Lady in the Lake,” Ingram told students about the hardships she faced and lessons she learned to become a successful actor.
Baltimore School for the Arts alum Moses Ingram returned to her school to chat with current theater students. Ingram is in Baltimore filming Lady in the Lake.
Morgan State to open a medical school — first at a historically Black university in decades
The proposed Maryland College of Osteopathic Medicine at Morgan aims to increase the number of Black doctors entering the profession and, in turn, increase Black Baltimore residents’ access to physicians that look like them.
Morgan State University is moving forward with plans to create the nation’s fourth medical school to be affiliated with an HBCU.
Randallstown High School football player dies after medical emergency during practice
The name of the student-athlete as well as the circumstances surrounding the death remain unknown at this time.
Students get ready for the first day of school at Randallstown High School, September 2022.
Baltimore City teachers love their students, but a quarter may leave, survey finds
A Fund for Educational Excellence survey of more than 400 teachers shows about half of Baltimore City school teachers are satisfied with their jobs and are motivated to stay because of the obligation they feel for their students. On the other hand, nearly a quarter said they weren't sure they would return after this school year, and they cited paperwork and student behavior as two reasons.
A student raises his hand to get his teacher’s attention inside Hampstead Hill Academy on 8/29/22. Monday was the first day back to school for Baltimore City students.
Life lessons in the classroom: when the student becomes the teacher
Teenagers shouldn’t need to bury one another. Yet when they do, they handle each other with such tender care.
Woman watches boy embracing another grieving boy
Student loans, taxes, race and Twitter: The impact of a viral moment
Student loans are a tax on community progress and not about systemic racism and hate.
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 12: Student loan borrowers gather near The White House to tell President Biden to cancel student debt on May 12, 2020 in Washington, DC.
Baltimore City school police officers earned $1.8M in overtime, additional pay while providing security for other agencies in pandemic year
Nearly two dozen officers each earned more than $100,000 in hourly pay and overtime combined from October 2020-October 2021 by staffing Orioles and Ravens games and working at city pools and after-school events.
The exterior of M&T Bank Stadium, home of the Baltimore Ravens, in South Baltimore.
‘This school year will be a very great school year’: Students, teachers happy to return to classes in Baltimore after challenging 2 years
The smiling faces of students, teachers and staff reflected the joy of being back to school, with fewer of the masks, protocols and fears that marked the first two years of the pandemic.
A student fills out an assignment for class inside Hampstead Hill Academy on Aug. 29, 2022. Monday was the first day back to school for Baltimore City students.
Baltimore County parents brace for possible bus delays as school system tries to hire more drivers, fix kinks in system
Days before Monday’s classroom return, parents said pickup times that the system sent are scheduled after, or close to, the times that school starts. They are also still haunted by last year’s issues that resulted in bus driver no-shows or late drop-offs.
Baltimore Count Public School buses sit in the Northwest bus lot in Milford Mill days before the first day of school.
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