Gov. Wes Moore said Wednesday that he was confident in Maryland Human Services Secretary Rafael López, despite the many challenges the embattled state agency has faced.
The 29% increase was driven by more suspensions assigned to Hispanic students, children who are learning English and those who receive special education services.
Baltimore County Public Schools officials say a retraining is in order after police drew guns on a Kenwood High School student whose bag of chips was mistaken for a gun.
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.
Thomas Lieb, a longtime communications professor at Towson University, died of cancer this month. Friends, family and former students remember him as passionate, hardworking and kind.