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K-12 schools

    3 things to know about the funding gap for Howard Countyโ€™s schools
    Educators, parents, residents and others urged the Howard County Council to provide additional funding for the school system, which is warning that program and staff cuts will be necessary without additional dollars.
    Community members packed the County Council's education budget public hearing on Wednesday, April 30.
    Roberts might hold key Supreme Court vote over first publicly funded religious charter school
    Roberts was the only justice whose vote seemed in doubt after the court heard more than two hours of arguments Wednesday.
    Supporters of charter schools rally outside of the Supreme Court.
    Feds silent as Maryland pleads for $232 million in missing school money
    Maryland is just one of the states that have submitted or resubmitted bills to the U.S. Department of Education.
    Carey Wright, the Maryland State Superintendent of Schools, said that no other state has heard from the federal education department about getting reimbursements from the U.S. Department of Education.
    Baltimore County schools to renegotiate salary raises for staff
    Budget challenges are forcing Baltimore County school district officials to rethink the pay increases theyโ€™d promised staff.
    Baltimore County Public Schools staff were due 5% raises for the next two school years.
    โ€˜Life would never be the sameโ€™: Ex-Pikesville principal speaks after manโ€™s plea in AI case
    Baltimore County Circuit Judge Jan Marshall Alexander sentenced Dazhon Darien, 32, the former athletic director of Pikesville High School who split his time between Baltimore and Houston, to serve four months in the Baltimore County Detention Center.
    Eric Eiswert, the former principal of Pikesville High School, talks to his lawyers outside the Baltimore County Courts Building after Dazhon Darien, the man accused of using artificial intelligence to impersonate him, took a plea deal.
    Maryland lawsuit challenges federal threats to withhold education funding
    Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown joined attorneys general from 18 other states to sue the Trump administration.
    Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown joined 18 other states challenging the U.S. education departmentโ€™s threats to withhold school funding.
    Annapolis was supposed to get a new charter school. Then Trump took office.
    New Village Academy canceled plans to open this fall, blaming tariffs and upheaval in federal funding.
    New Village Academy faced a series of setbacks, including the sale of the Annapolis Mall to a new owner just as the school was negotiating its lease.
    Maryland schools wonโ€™t end diversity programs, despite Trump demands
    Thursday's statement was carefully worded and didnโ€™t contain the strong language coming from some states that openly defied the Trump administration.
    Carey M. Wright, Maryland state superintendent of schools, and Josh Michael, the state school board president, released a joint statement Thursday on diversity programming in schools.
    Federal judge temporarily blocks Trumpโ€™s push to end DEI in K-12 public schools
    The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by the National Education Association and the American Civil Liberties Union.
    Education Secretary Linda McMahon had directed school districts to sign a letter certifying they were in compliance with the Trump administration's interpretation of civil rights law.
    Supreme Court signals support for Maryland parents opposed to LGBTQ books in schools
    The Supreme Court seemed likely to find that the Montgomery County school system could not require elementary school children to sit through lessons involving the books if parents expressed religious objections.
    A selection of books featuring LGBTQ characters that are part of a Supreme Court case are pictured, Tuesday, April, 15, 2025, in Washington.
    Baltimore schools cyberattack compromised staff and student data
    The data breach involved information on more than half of current employees and over 1,000 students.
    Baltimore City Public Schools CEO Sonja Santelises was among the employees whose data was involved in a cybersecurity breach.
    Marylandโ€™s largest school district heads to the Supreme Court. Hereโ€™s what to know.
    Some Montgomery County families want the right to opt kids out of reading inclusive storybooks.
    A selection of books featuring LGBTQ characters that are part of a Supreme Court case
    A troubled New York investor started to flip a Baltimore community. Then he died.
    Before his death, Mendel Steiner was fighting off a receivership petition at two Baltimore apartment complexes.
    The Dutch Village apartment complex was home to as many as 120 students at Yorkwood Elementary School last year.
    Woman joins growing wave of lawsuits alleging sexual abuse at Calvert Hall
    A woman who says she was sexually abused as a child at Calvert Hall College High School has filed a lawsuit against the Baltimore County institution, marking the first time a female survivor has brought allegations.
    Calvert Hall College High School photographed on Thursday, April 17, 2025.
    New court filings reveal total of 19 men allege sexual abuse and cover-up at Calvert Hall
    The number of men who say they were victims of sexual abuse at Calvert Hall College High School has grown to 19, according to lawsuits filed this week.
    Attorney Steve Kelly, who is working with some of those who claim to be survivors of abuse, accused Calvert Hall of retaliating against victims when they came forward with concerns.
    Survivors allege โ€˜decadesโ€™ of sexual abuse and cover-up at Calvert Hall
    New complaints allege that staff at Calvert Hall College High School โ€œrepeatedly ignored credible reports of sexual abuse.โ€
    Attorney Robert Jenner, center, called on Gov. Wes Moore to veto legislation that would slash what survivors of childhood sexual abuse can win in civil court cases in Maryland.
    Maryland schools plan to comply with federal DEI demands
    Maryland schools are expected to send a letter to the federal education department saying they are complying with civil rights laws.
    President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order alongside Secretary of Education Linda McMahon in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 20, 2025.
    Baltimore County school board backs superintendent after residency probe
    Documentation of Baltimore County Public Schools Superintendent Myriam Rogersโ€™ residence was updated after the investigation began, the inspector general says.
    Baltimore County Board of Education Chair Jane E. Lichter sits and listens during a meeting on July 11, 2023.
    Baltimore County mourns 2 third grade girls killed in I-695 crash
    The children, Bailee Brooks and Serenity Gross, were described as bright, happy, joyful and beloved members of the school community.
    The exterior of Lutherville Laboratory, an elementary school in Baltimore County, on April 8, 2025.
    Some Howard County schools will be redistricted. Will yours?
    The school system is about to embark on a boundary review, also known as redistricting, for 11 schools in Columbia and Ellicott City.
    Wilde Lake High School is among the 11 schools involved in a boundary review.
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