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K-12 schools

    Romey Pittman, left, talks with a parent about New Village Academy, a proposed charter school in Annapolis, during the Juneteenth festival on Saturday.
    Annapolis charter school delays opening until 2025, citing halt in lease negotiations
    Organizers of New Village Academy planned to open a charter high school this fall, but they have encountered difficulty finalizing a lease at Westfield Annapolis mall.
    A composite photo of Sarah Polk and Kiara Alvarez.
    Commentary: Migrant children are vital to the fabric of our communities
    Maryland must do more to address the educational, health and other urgent needs of migrant children, say a Johns Hopkins primary care pediatrician and a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
    A Google Street View image of Severna Park Elementary School.
    Severna Park teacher held without bond in child sex abuse case
    The judge said he was “extremely disturbed” by what he read in court documents outlining the allegations.
    Photo collage of silhouette of a bearded man cut out of generic diploma and resume with name “Dazhon Darien” on top. Scattered around the image are images of a mortarboard, football, first place ribbon and whistle on a yellow lanyard.
    Man charged in racist AI scandal lied on résumé to get Baltimore County school job
    Pikesville High School's ex-athletic director is accused of framing the principal using artificial intelligence. He's faked a lot more than that.
    Matthew Scott Banks Schlegel was a teacher at Severna Park Elementary School in Anne Arundel County.
    Severna Park Elementary teacher accused of sex abuse
    Matthew Scott Banks Schlegel, 44, was arrested Thursday.
    The Baltimore City school board could vote on the budget as soon as Wednesday night, even though few details have been released.
    Baltimore City schools is asking for $30 million more. Here’s what to know.
    The Baltimore City school board could vote on the budget as soon as Wednesday night, even though few details have been released.
    Incumbent Gloria Dent (left) and Sarah Lacey are candidates for the District 1 seat on the Anne Arundel County school board.
    Anne Arundel school board candidate wins primary after dropping out — now what?
    Anne Arundel County school board candidate Sarah Lacey suspended her campaign in March, but nevertheless advanced in Tuesday’s primary to the November general election. Now it appears she will face incumbent Gloria Dent in District 1.
    Howard County school board results
    Howard County School Board election results
    See 2024 election results for the Howard County School Board race in Maryland.
    Anne Arundel County school board results
    Anne Arundel County School Board election results (2024 primary)
    See 2024 election results for the Anne Arundel County School Board race.
    The seven-seat Anne Arundel County Board of Education still has 13 candidates in the running.
    Who’s advancing in the Anne Arundel County school board race
    The seven-seat Board of Education still has 13 candidates in the running.
    Howard County Board of Education results.
    Who’s moving on in the Howard County school board race
    Six candidates will advance out of the primary election for seats on the Howard County Board of Education.
    Berol Dewdney, right, leads students in a routine conclusion to class time in her pre-kindergarten class at Commodore John Rodgers Elementary School on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Baltimore, MD. (Wesley Lapointe / for the Baltimore Banner)
    ‘Llama Llama’ author lives on in daughter’s Baltimore classroom
    Anna Dewdney's Llama Llama series has delighted children for nearly 20 years. The beloved author died of brain cancer in 2016, but her daughter Berol Dewdney embodies her mother’s message of empathy, compassion and the power of play in a Baltimore City Public Schools pre-K classroom.
    Jeremiah Brogden was shot and killed as classes at Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School let out for Labor Day weekend in 2022.
    Man sentenced for deadly shooting of Mervo student
    Jeremiah Brogden, a junior at Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School and a running back on the Mustangs varsity football team, was shot and killed as classes let out for Labor Day weekend in 2022. He was 17.
    The Howard County Education Association held a press conference and rally ahead of the afternoon school board meeting Thursday.
    Teacher pay at a stalemate in Howard County
    Howard County teachers held a rally outside the school board meeting Thursday to voice their frustrations over contract negotiations with the school system.
    In total, the former PTA president is accused of taking $23,134.58 from multiple bank accounts and forging signatures 46 times to do so.
    Former Frederick County PTA president hit with almost 200 charges of theft and forgery
    In total, the former PTA president is accused of taking $23,134.58 from multiple bank accounts and forging signatures 46 times to do so.
    From left, David Banks, chancellor of New York Public schools, speaks next to Karla Silvestre, president of the Montgomery County Board of Education, Emerson Sykes, staff attorney with the ACLU, and Enikia Ford Morthel, superintendent of the Berkeley United School District, during a hearing on antisemitism in K-12 public schools, at the House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, Wednesday, May 8, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
    K-12 school leaders reject allegations that they let antisemitism run rampant
    Montgomery County Public Schools featured prominently in a Congressional hearing on antisemitism in public schools on Wednesday, May 8, 2024.
    Baltimore City School CEO Sonja Santelises talks to student during a school tour.
    Baltimore schools CEO could leave amid contract dispute. Insiders are worried.
    Sonja Santelises would be one of the longest-serving urban superintendents if her contract is renewed.
    Wellwood International School in Pikesville is one of the overcrowded schools participating in a northwest area redistricting process organized by Baltimore County Public Schools.
    New Baltimore Co. development rules: Will they protect schools or crush affordable housing?
    The Baltimore City Council will vote this month on Bill 31-24, which would amend the county’s ordinance to tighten rules designed to ease or prevent overcrowded school districts.
    Matthew Biegel, a former agriculture educator at Reginald F. Lewis High School, is charged with attempted first- and second-degree murder and related offenses.
    Baltimore teacher in ‘inappropriate relationship’ helped teen shoot ex-boyfriend, police allege
    Matthew Biegel, 38, of Northeast Baltimore, previously worked as an agriculture educator at the Reginald F. Lewis High School of Business, Law, and Agriculture.
    David Wilder signs his name on the same brick his dad, Dave Wilder, signed in 1997 as part of Mount Saint Joseph High School’s graduation rite on May 1, 2024.
    The Climb: Mount St. Joseph’s seniors embark on century-old rite of passage
    Mount St. Joe’s seniors take part in a rite of passage stretching back to the early 1900s as they prepare to embark on life after graduation.
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