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9 Baltimore schools struggle with burst pipes and heating issues in extreme cold
Baltimore City Public Schools officials are struggling to keep all their buildings running properly in the extreme cold.
The Baltimore School for the Arts in Mount Vernon has been closed since a pipe burst last week, with students taking courses online.
Frostburg State University names a new president
Shadow Robinson joins Frostburg from the University of Arkansas, Fort Smith.
Frostburg State University campus, Frostburg, MD, June 5, 2025
How Maryland schools will respond to rumored ICE ramp-ups
Rumors of an influx of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents coming to Maryland have put communities on edge.
Students walk through the hall inside Hampstead Hill Academy on 8/29/22. Monday was the first day back to school for Baltimore City students.
Howard County schools spent $8 million on weight-loss drugs — then pulled the plug
The Howard County Public School System will no longer cover GLP-1 medications for employees who take the drugs for weight loss starting March 31.
FILE - Boxes for the medications Wegovy and Zepbound are arranged for a photograph in California, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/JoNel Aleccia, File)
Trump administration won’t withhold $700 million from Maryland schools
The Trump administration dropped a threat to take away federal funds from school districts if they did not comply with demands on DEI.
Carey Wright, the state superintendent of schools, had said her agency disagreed with the Trump administration’s interpretation of civil rights law.
UMB wants to put a $300M ‘college town’ in downtown Baltimore
The University of Maryland, Baltimore, is trying to create a $300 million “college town” near the heart of its downtown campus, featuring high-rise residential buildings.
A University of Maryland Baltimore building is seen from the upper deck of Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore on September 4, 2024.
It just got easier for Baltimore County students to apply for college
Not only has applying to community college become a lot smoother for Baltimore County Public Schools students, but it also guarantees they are accepted.
Community College of Baltimore County, CCBC, Essex campus.
What we know about an AI-powered weapons detection system coming to county schools
The day before gunfire pierced a Montgomery County high school’s halls, the district quietly began rolling out a pilot program for an AI-powered weapon detection system.
Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Thomas W. Taylor speaks about a shooting at Thomas S. Wootton High School at a press conference in Rockville on Monday evening.
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.
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