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K-12 schools

    School buses for every Baltimore student seemed impossible — until now
    School transportation company HopSkipDrive used AI and a Banner analysis to map how yellow buses, vans and cars could get Baltimore students to school safely and on time for less than 5% of the district’s budget.
    Montgomery County school board to vote on major facilities plan
    Superintendent Thomas Taylor’s plan includes funding for several major projects over a six-year period.
    Rachel DuBois points out damage as she leads members of the public, press and other officials with Montgomery County Public Schools on a tour of MCPS warehouse and operations in Rockville, Maryland. MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor is asking for $2.7 billion to repair the school district’s aging infrastructure.
    West Baltimore will lose a beloved school that couldn’t make ends meet for years
    New Song Academy has been called a pillar of its Sandtown-Winchester community.
    New Song Community Learning Center in Baltimore.
    Why did it take months for a fourth grader to get to class on time?
    It took until the second week of November for the bus to consistently pick up Christine Neumerski’s son at their Takoma Park home on time.
    Christine Neumerski and her son walk to the school bus near their home in Takoma Park.
    Montgomery County students get $9 million to boost mental health
    “Pay to the order of: The students of Montgomery County,” the oversized check read.
    Maryland Sen. Cheryl Kagan (D-Montgomery County), center right, celebrates the signing of an oversized check for $9 million while at a Monday morning Quince Orchard High School event in Gaithersburg.
    Baltimore’s New Song Academy closing at the end of the school year
    Students will be moved out of a deteriorating building in Sandtown-Winchester, according to City Schools.
    In January, the city school board voted to renew New Song’s charter for three years while noting the school needed to get on better long-term financial footing.
    Maryland is investing over $65 million to prove blind kids play sports, too
    Once "decrepit," Maryland School for the Blind will cap off its transformation with a new gym and two pools.
    Presley Serio, 13, on the campus of Maryland School for the Blind in Nottingham where he is a student.
    Somerset County school board violated state law in hiring lawyers, inspector general says
    A state inspector general report finds Marc and Gordana Schifanelli were hired without competitive bids.
    Gordana Schifanelli arrives at Dan Cox's election night event held at DoubleTree by Hilton in Annapolis, Maryland, on Nov. 8, 2022.
    Howard County school board votes against redistricting Centennial Lane Elementary
    The decision comes after months of advocacy from Centennial Lane families, who say their school doesn’t feel overcrowded.
    Centennial Lane Elementary School
    Harford school board appeals state’s book ban decision to circuit court
    Harford County’s school board voted to appeal the state’s unprecedented decision overturning its ban of a young adult graphic novel, pushing the dispute into circuit court.
    “Flamer,” a graphic novel by Mike Curato.
    As Howard County school redistricting nears an end, families back a bare-minimum fix
    No matter which option the Howard County school board selects, the specter of another round of redistricting haunts families.
    A person holds a sign in view of the cameras that reads “Please Don’t Overcrowd Swansfield” during a redistricting public hearing at the Howard County school board meeting in Ellicott City last month.
    Baltimore officials propose closing 3 schools over low enrollment, academic concerns
    Baltimore City school leaders are proposing to close two small traditional schools — Dallas F. Nicolas Elementary and Renaissance Academy — along with charter Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys.
    The Baltimore City Public Schools administrative headquarters.
    Perry Hall Middle School evacuated after ‘unusual odor’
    The Baltimore County Fire Department is still investigating the source of the odor at Perry Hall Middle School.
    Maryland Army National Guard Servicemembers Staff Sgt. Edward Graham and Spc. Sherie Peeks were honored by the Baltimore County Fire Department for their actions during the Dundalk Fire Station fire Feb. 10, 2010. Along with 13 firefighters and EMS personnel they were presented Executive Citations from Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith and also received Hero Pins.
    Anne Arundel board members clash over school redistricting plan as final vote approaches
    The latest plan impacts as many as 780 students across the South County, a third of whom live in Crofton and attend Nantucket Elementary.
    Ashley Eden of Edgewater speaks via video during a special Anne Arundel County school board meeting in October giving parents a chance to weigh in on the county’s redistricting plans.
    The problem with Annapolis schools isn’t what you think. It’s worse.
    What to do about schools has long been a question for Annapolis. Keeping them from withering is the city’s next big challenge.
    Annapolis Elementary is the oldest school building in continuous use in Maryland. It also is one of the most under enrolled schools in Annapolis.
    Montgomery County schools offer free lunch, job fair for furloughed parents
    MCPS is trying to support parents as they wait to return to work and receive their paychecks.
    Chinita Sinkler eats lunch with her son during the MCPS-sponsored “Federal Family Lunch Day” at Robert Frost Middle School in Rockville on Thursday.
    Montgomery County schools have a mold problem
    Here’s what The Banner found among hundreds of work orders to remove mold from Montgomery County school campuses.
    Goshen Elementary School submitted at least 15 mold-related work orders between August 2024 and this September, according to documents obtained by The Banner through a public information request.
    Montgomery County teacher’s final ‘Jeopardy!’
    The 42-year-old Beltsville resident said his job was great preparation for “Jeopardy!”
    Montgomery County Public Schools teacher Joe Evans watches himself compete on “Jeopardy!” during a watch party at Silver Branch Brewing Co. with his friends and family in Silver Spring on Tuesday.
    In a first for the state, Maryland’s school board reverses Harford County’s book ban
    Maryland’s school board is reversing Harford County’s decision to remove a book from public school libraries — the first time the state has intervened in a local decision about what’s appropriate for students to read.
    “Flamer,” a graphic novel by Mike Curato.
    Baltimore students show lawmakers what it takes just to get to school
    Members of the Baltimore City Council are shadowing city students on their rides to school to get a taste of the early wake-ups, missed transfers and lengthy rides.
    Noah Smallwood, a freshman at Baltimore School for the Arts, shows Baltimore City Councilman Paris Gray a couple features of the mobile Transit app during a ride on the Maryland Transit Administration CityLink Purple on Oct. 7, 2025.
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