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A Baltimore City Police car sits parked on North Calvert St.
14-year-old turns himself in, charged in connection with Dunbar student’s shooting
Baltimore Police officers said the 14-year-old suspect was charged as an adult with attempted murder in connection with the shooting of a Dunbar High School student.
Jean Diep, center, tries different dishes with her daughters Sophia, 6, and Frankie, 3, during a taste test of the Howard County Public School System’s school lunch menu at the Guilford Park High School cafeteria
Howard County schools let us taste test new lunch options. Here’s what we thought.
Complaining about school lunches is an American tradition, but the Howard County school system is looking to make improvements.
A rendering of Towson University, Smith Hall renovation
Towson University getting cinema, 2-story newsroom, as part of renovation
Smith Hall, Towson University’s former science building, will be turned into a state-of-the-art space for its communications departments.
Salisbury University earlier this month.
3 more Salisbury students charged in alleged hate crime attack
Salisbury University condemned any acts of hate and suspended the students and the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity chapter.
Howard County voters had to wait one week and a day for school board election results, with races decided on razor-thin margins.
Howard County school board races were ultra-close this year. Here’s why.
Howard County voters had to wait one week and a day for school board election results, with races decided on razor-thin margins.
Howard County voters should finally know who is representing them on the Board of Education for the next four years.
Howard County school board election results are in — finally
After a weeklong wait, winners are finally becoming clear.
Voting poll at Paul Laurence Dunbar Community High School
Person of interest sought in shooting of 15-year-old Dunbar High student
“Turn yourself in. We’re going to find you,” Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said.
The school system also agreed to perform an audit of grade changes at three randomly selected schools for the next three years.
Baltimore schools settle lawsuit backed by Sinclair executive David Smith
The settlement doesn’t involve the exchange of money and required Jovani Patterson, the lone remaining plaintiff, to acknowledge the school system hadn’t broken any laws or violated any rules.
Security updates have been top of mind for school staff, parents and students this year.
Baltimore schools will spend roughly $50M on intruder locks for classrooms
Teachers will be able to lock doors from inside classrooms instead of having to step into a hallway to lock the door from the outside.
Two school buses arrive to Nottingham Middle School before the first day of school.
Baltimore Co. school redistricting could get a lot simpler — sometimes
The parent committee will be eliminated for smaller boundary changes.
A group of people sit in high-backed chairs behind a curved desk. A man is in front of them sitting at a table and speaking into a microphone.
3 Baltimore schools, including 2 charters, recommended for closure
Community members can sound off at two public meetings ahead of a Jan. 14 vote on the closure recommendations.
Supporters participate in a march organized by Salisbury University LGBTQ groups, almost a month after an alleged hate crime took place on campus, at Salisbury University on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024 in Salisbury, MD.
At Salisbury University, an alleged hate crime shakes LGBTQ+ students’ sense of safety
The news shook an already-tenuous sense of safety on the Eastern Shore campus.
Salisbury University in 2022.
Fraternity expels Salisbury University students charged in attack
Sigma Alpha Epsilon expelled the Salisbury University students who are accused of being involved in an alleged hate crime, the organization said.
A voting booth in Oakland Mills High School in Howard County.
Mail-in, provisional votes will decide the fate of Howard County’s school board
Andre Gao conceded to opponent Meg Ricks over the weekend, but two races remain too close to call.
Despite the continuously rising costs of child care, day care and pre-K teachers receive some of the lowest salaries nationwide.
Just how underpaid are Maryland’s day care and pre-K teachers?
Over a third of Maryland’s early educator families rely on public assistance.
The WaWa on 12th Street in Ocean City was not a great place to hang out in the hours before dawn on June 14. Four boys from Annapolis attacked one from Baltimore County, and they spent months in jail without bail awaiting trial.
Denied bail for months, Annapolis High graduates finally home after Senior Week assault
There have been lawsuits about police conduct. What isn’t widely known is this message from the court system in Worcester County — screw up here, and you won’t be going home anytime soon.
Howard County voters complete their ballots within the gymnasium at Oakland Mills High School in Columbia, Maryland on Nov. 5, 2024.
Howard County election officials continue to tally votes in three close school board races
In the District 1 race for Howard County school board, Meg Ricks moved into the lead over her opponent, newcomer Andre Gao.
Salisbury University in 2022.
5 more Salisbury students charged after man said he was lured to apartment attack
Twelve total Salisbury University students have been charged in an attack, which police said was captured on video, that is being investigated as a hate crime.
Trump Harris young voters
Raised in the era of Trump politics, young voters never envisioned a Harris win
Unlike the first time Donald Trump won the presidency, the mood on college campuses in deep blue Baltimore is more or less business as usual.
Howard County Public School System Superintendent Michael Martirano takes questions at a press conference on Aug. 30, 2023 about issues with school buses during the first week of school.
A graduate is suing Howard County schools’ former superintendent over ‘bullying’
A handshake between a matriculating senior and former superintendent Michael Martirano lasted mere seconds, but is now the subject of a potentially costly lawsuit for the Howard County Board of Education.
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