In response to the pending verdict in the trial of Officer William Porter, the first of the six officers to be tried in the death of Freddie Gray, Carroll County Public Schools has cancelled one field trip that was scheduled to leave from Robert Moton Elementary School to Baltimore City on Wednesday, according to CCPS Assistant Superintendent of Instruction Steve Johnson.
The school system didn't have many field trips planned to Baltimore within the next week, Johnson said, but chose to cancel the trip out of precaution under advice school system officials received from the Maryland Center for School Safety.
There are two other field trips scheduled — from Sandymount and Winfield elementary schools to Baltimore — on Tuesday, Dec. 22, but Johnson said the school system is waiting to see what happens in Baltimore once the verdict is announced before deciding whether to cancel those trips.
Schools in Baltimore, Harford and Howard counties also droppedtheir fieldtrips to Baltimorefor the week.
The Baltimore Sun contributed to this report.
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