County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. called the proposed budget “unrealistic,” while Superintendent Darryl Williams said it’s still early in the budget process.
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’s appointment comes a week after it was announced that President Kim Schatzel was leaving to become president of the University of Louisville.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.