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    Teachers call out Baltimore County Public Schools for withholding pay, human resources woes
    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.
    Kathleen Cave, right, and other Baltimore County Public School teachers stand together with signs calling out BCPS for pay being withheld, mistakes with benefits, delays in tuition reimbursement and stalled certification, during a school board meeting Tuesday, December 6.
    New era set to begin for Baltimore County school board
    The board will elect a new chair, welcome five newly elected members and prepare to say goodbye to four appointees stepping down soon.
    Julie Henn, Chair of the Baltimore County Board of Education, speaks during their bi-weekly meeting at the Greenwood Campus on 8/23/22.
    Baltimore City Public Schools’ School Choice Fair returns as in-person event Saturday
    The fair will help students and families make more informed decisions when choosing a middle and high school.
    The School Choice Fair in school year 2019-2020.
    Towson University president takes new job as leader of University of Louisville
    Towson University President Kim Schatzel is leaving the university for a new job as president of the University of Louisville.
    Dr. Kim Schatzel has been president of Towson University since January 2016.
    UMBC preps future educators for vacancies in Baltimore city schools
    At a time when Baltimore City's public schools are looking for teachers, UMBC has provided a small pipeline of graduates to fill needed positions.
    Haleemat Adekoya, fifth grade English and Language Arts teacher at Cherry Hill Elementary and Middle School, is a Sherman Scholar.  Here she helps students individually with their assignments.
    When my student finally spoke
    Teacher Kerry Graham remembers when a student who rarely spoke in class came to her one day with a surprise message.
    Illustration of one red bird taking flight from leafless trees full of brown sparrows
    Parents fight to keep Southwest Baltimore elementary school open
    The Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners voted to close Steuart Hill Academic Academy in January, but parents were hoping their appeal to state officials would keep the doors open.
    Members of the Steuart Academic Academy community gather around a table. Forms and documents about efforts to keep the school open are spread across the table.
    Opinion: Baltimore County schools can find better disciplinary solutions than student removal
    Baltimore County Public Schools should embrace new strategies for disciplining students because merely removing students from school does little to fix the problem of disruptive behavior, a law student and former county teacher says.
    Side view of young teacher scolding two guilty girls for bad behavior during lesson in art school
    Baltimore County school board has its winners, but its racial makeup is questioned
    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 person fills out their ballot at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, in Baltimore, Md. on November 8, 2022.
    Threats send Baltimore County police to Towson and Eastern Technical high schools
    Police increased their presence at Towson High School on Friday after a threat of a mass shooting was sent to members of the school community.
    Towson High School, in Baltimore, Md., on November 18, 2022.
    The state investigation into sex abuse by Catholic priests is complete. Here’s what you need to know.
    Attorney General Brian Frosh is seeking court approval to release the 456-page report, which documents 80 years of child sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
    Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) Maryland member Teresa Lancaster during a press conference held outside of the Marriott to urge newly elected Archbishop Timothy Broglio to add clerics who abused men or women over the age of 25 to its list of perpetrators.
    Baltimore County groups join forces to advocate for education issues
    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.
    Ryan Coleman, president of the Randallstown NAACP, addresses the audience at the first Baltimore County Education Justice Table at the Union Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
    A teacher’s prayer — via Zoom
    What happens when a student asks a teacher: “do u believe in god?”
    Illustration of white woman looking up at a sunny sky on left, and Black teen boy turning away from cloudy sky above him on right. There are rowhomes in background next to him.
    Social conservatives score wins in state’s school board races
    Forty-one socially conservative candidates from across Maryland ran for school board seats Tuesday — and 25 of them appear to be on their way to winning their races.
    Campaign signs are planted outside of Margaret Brent Elementary Middle on Election Day, 11/8/22. Polling locations for the general election remain open until 8 p.m.
    New weapon security system eyed for Baltimore city high schools, but some concerned about effects
    The new system could be used to scan high school students as they walk through the school doors, replacing metal detectors that were put in place last spring after a gun was found inside Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School.
    Students walk through the hall inside Hampstead Hill Academy on 8/29/22. Monday was the first day back to school for Baltimore City students.
    Teachers union-backed candidates well ahead in 2 Baltimore County school board races; mail-in ballots could decide 2 others
    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.
    2022 Baltimore County Board of Education candidates are (Top, L to R) Rodney McMillion, Diane Jean Young, Rebecca Chesner, Samay Singh Kindra.  (Bottom, L to R) Cory Koons, Maggie Litz Domanowski, Robin Harvey and Julie Henn.  Not pictured are Jane Lichter, Brenda Hatcher-Savoy and Christina Pumphrey who did not rrespond to Banner request.
    Esposito, Kenyatta-Bey appear headed to victory in first-ever Baltimore City school board elections
    While other regional school board races sparked fiery, public debates about opponents’ extremist views, the first-ever elections for the city’s Board of School Commissioners were far less contentious.
    (l to r) Candidate running for the Baltimore City School Board are April Christina Curley, Ashley Esposito, Salimah Jasani and Kwame Kenyatta-Bey.
    More top students of color should be admitted at Baltimore County magnet schools, NAACP leader says
    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.
    A student fidgets with his pencil inside Hampstead Hill Academy on 8/29/22. Monday was the first day back to school for Baltimore City students.
    Baltimore City among Maryland districts rolling out clean school buses
    Baltimore City Public Schools was the only Maryland school district to receive federal funding from a recent round of awards in fall 2022.
    Baltimore City school buses.
    Inside the ER: Staffers overwhelmed as struggling youths languish with no solutions in sight
    On any given day this past summer, about 50 children in Maryland found themselves in hospital emergency departments waiting weeks — or even months ― for a spot in a residential treatment center, psychiatric facility, or therapeutic foster home.
    A teenager peers out of the door of a locked unit for people with behavioral issues in the emergency department where he has been living for about a month. The unit has rooms stripped of all but a bed, a television and a chair.
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