K-12 schools

The Somerset County school board voted Monday to part ways with its superintendent after months of turmoil in the school system.

With guns drawn, Baltimore County Police surrounded a group of students after the Omnilert AI Gun Detection System warned school leaders that a student had a gun. 

Julian Jones wants a review of the events that led to “police officers pulling up on a kid with guns drawn.”

The false alarm was triggered by Omnilert, Baltimore County Public Schools’ gun detection system.

Whose children get to stay at Davidsonville Elementary is now among the most contentious battles in Anne Arundel County's yearlong redistricting process.

Montgomery County Public Schools are in for some massive changes. This guide summarizes the school system’s plans, and we’ll refresh it regularly to keep you posted on how they evolve and when the public can weigh in.

While they wait for a developer, two Cherry Hill school buildings have been burned, vandalized and used as a dumping ground.

Montgomery County’s Inspector General is the only office of its kind in Maryland that acts as a watchdog for its county school system. That could soon change.

The charter school’s enrollment has dropped by more than 25% since the school opened in August.

Superintendent Thomas Taylor wants to consider using the new Crown High building as a “holding school” to house students while their own campuses undergo renovations.

Around the Hornbeck family table are two Baltimore school principals, a former Maryland state superintendent of schools and two teachers.

Too many Maryland families are ‘scrambling to figure out what they’re doing at 3 p.m.' since most kids are shut out from after school programs.

The teachers, employed through Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center, allege they haven’t been paid for work they did months ago, putting them behind on rent and car payments.

Montgomery County Public Schools predicts a dramatic dive in enrollment: a 9% drop from its 2019 peak to the enrollment forecast for 2031.

The school system says unionized Zūm bus drivers passed out flyers to students, encouraging families to join their pay fight.

If the MCPS superintendent’s proposal is approved, several elementary school buildings could be replaced by 2031, as could Damascus High.

LifeWise Academy is seeking to introduce Christian education programs in three Maryland school districts, with support in Harford County and efforts underway in Anne Arundel and Montgomery counties.

It cost about $57 million to send roughly 700 Montgomery County students to nonpublic schools last year.

A ninth grader at Parkville High School has been charged as an adult on Friday after officers found the student in possession of a gun.

Two brand-new redistricting options could quell concerns at one school and reopen the floodgates at another.