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BCPS Superintendent Dr. Darryl Williams and Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski announced the details of a higher compensation package for BCPS employees.
Olszewski calls Baltimore County schools’ proposed spending plan ‘unrealistic’
County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. called the proposed budget “unrealistic,” while Superintendent Darryl Williams said it’s still early in the budget process.
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.
Should Baltimore County’s inspector general oversee the public schools?
The debate follows the prior school board’s efforts to dump an auditor who questioned its practices.
Hundreds of suitcases sit at BWI waiting for their owners after the cancellations and delays of thousands of Southwest Airline flights caused massive disruption across the country.
What does Southwest Airlines holiday debacle mean for BWI?
Experts said the airline's dominance at the airport will likely remain, but expect other changes.
The Baltimore County Public School Board logo as seen during a board meeting on 12/6/22.
Baltimore County school board pays chief auditor $115k in legal settlement
Andrea Barr accused board members of retaliation and unlawfully voting not to renew her contract.
Britney Simbana-J poses for a portrait at Carver Center for Arts and Technology, in Towson, Friday, December 16, 2022.
From poets to musicians, talented students from Baltimore area honored as Young Arts finalists
Maryland students selected as Young Arts finalists have an array of talents, from songwriting and singing to dance and writing.
Board chair Jane Lichter, left, and Superintendent Darryl L. Williams listen to public comment at the Baltimore County Public School Board meeting on 12/6/22.
Baltimore County school board has smooth start, but what lies ahead?
The school board’s new chair and vice chair, Jane Lichter and Robin Harvey, seem eager to set a more collaborative tone at board meetings. But both said it was too early to say whether Superintendent Darryl Williams’ contract should be renewed next year.
Melanie Perreault, Towson University's provost and executive vice president for academic and student affairs, was named interim president of Towson University.
Towson University taps provost to be interim president
Melanie Perreault’s appointment comes a week after it was announced that President Kim Schatzel was leaving to become president of the University of Louisville.
Towson High School, in Baltimore, Md., on November 18, 2022.
School threats leave Baltimore County community uneasy
Although Baltimore County Police have said the threats are unsubstantiated, their announcements of increased police presence and an unfinished investigation haven’t been much comfort.
Jane Lichter, right, was elected chair of the Baltimore County Public School Board, and Robin Harvey, left, was elected vice chair at the school board’s meeting on Tuesday, December 6, 2022. They took their seats though the name tags hadn't been changed yet.
Baltimore County school board elects newcomers Jane Lichter, Robin Harvey to top posts
Lichter succeeds Julie Henn as chair, while Harvey replaces Rod McMillion as vice chair. The two new leaders both had the backing of the teachers union in the Nov. 8 election.
Kathleen Cave, right, and other Baltimore County Public School teachers stand together with signs calling out BCPS for pay being withheld, mistakes with benefits, delays in tuition reimbursement and stalled certification, during a school board meeting Tuesday, December 6.
Teachers call out Baltimore County Public Schools for withholding pay, human resources woes
School system officials in a memo attributed the withholding issues to an “inadvertent error” made by the vendor that processes payroll and other business services.
Julie Henn, Chair of the Baltimore County Board of Education, speaks during their bi-weekly meeting at the Greenwood Campus on 8/23/22.
New era set to begin for Baltimore County school board
The board will elect a new chair, welcome five newly elected members and prepare to say goodbye to four appointees stepping down soon.
Dr. Kim Schatzel has been president of Towson University since January 2016.
Towson University president takes new job as leader of University of Louisville
Towson University President Kim Schatzel is leaving the university for a new job as president of the University of Louisville.
Towson University students protest that the University hosted Attorney General nominee Michael Peroutka and Gordana Schifanelli, Dan Cox running mate in the West Village Commons Ballroom A from 6-8pm.  The League of the South, according to its website, seeks to “return to a more traditional, conservative Christian-oriented Southern culture.” The Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled The League of the South as a hate group.
Towson University plans to honor longtime professor despite criticism of his role advising controversial student group
Richard Vatz, a professor at TU for 41 years, says he tends to want to help conservative groups because there’s ‘so much anti-conservatism in higher education.’ But he said he told Turning Point members that their remarks were inappropriate and that he would quit as their advisor if they continued.
A person fills out their ballot at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, in Baltimore, Md. on November 8, 2022.
Baltimore County school board has its winners, but its racial makeup is questioned
School board candidates Maggie Litz Domanowski and Brenda Hatcher-Savoy cemented their wins after the Baltimore County Board of Elections finished counting mail-in and provisional ballots late Friday.
6/16/22—A Baltimore County police car sits outside of the Public Safety Building and Police Department in Towson.
Interim police chief named in Baltimore County
A week after the Baltimore county executive announced ridding the chief of police, his office named Col. Dennis J. Delp to be the interim chief of police for Baltimore County Police Department.
Towson High School, in Baltimore, Md., on November 18, 2022.
Threats send Baltimore County police to Towson and Eastern Technical high schools
Police increased their presence at Towson High School on Friday after a threat of a mass shooting was sent to members of the school community.
Ryan Coleman, president of the Randallstown NAACP, addresses the audience at the first Baltimore County Education Justice Table at the Union Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Baltimore County groups join forces to advocate for education issues
A coalition of Baltimore County community groups met Tuesday in Randallstown to brainstorm ways to help Black students succeed and hold school leaders accountable if they fail.
State Trooper Police Car from the Maryland State Police on parking lot.
Lanes reopened after overturned truck halted traffic, closed schools in Anne Arundel
The Maryland State Highway Administration and the Anne Arundel County Fire Department reported around 6 a.m. that the westbound lanes and two eastbound lanes were closed due to a tanker truck flipping on its side on the Severn River Bridge on Monday.
2022 Baltimore County Board of Education candidates are (Top, L to R) Rodney McMillion, Diane Jean Young, Rebecca Chesner, Samay Singh Kindra.  (Bottom, L to R) Cory Koons, Maggie Litz Domanowski, Robin Harvey and Julie Henn.  Not pictured are Jane Lichter, Brenda Hatcher-Savoy and Christina Pumphrey who did not rrespond to Banner request.
Teachers union-backed candidates well ahead in 2 Baltimore County school board races; mail-in ballots could decide 2 others
While four races were contested, Chair Julie Henn, Vice Chair Rod McMillion and council member Christina Pumphrey each faced no opposition in their respective bids.
A student fidgets with his pencil inside Hampstead Hill Academy on 8/29/22. Monday was the first day back to school for Baltimore City students.
More top students of color should be admitted at Baltimore County magnet schools, NAACP leader says
Ryan Coleman, the Randallstown NAACP president, listed specific goals the school system should meet to fix academic achievement among students of color and low-income students.
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