baltimore city public schools

• Education

With school approaching, Bank of America employees stuffed 1,000 backpacks for Baltimore students

The backpacks will go to students at Armistead Gardens Elementary/Middle School and Sandtown-Winchester Achievement Academy, as well as a new welcome center for immigrant and other new pupils.

By Sameer Rao

Aug 18, 2019

• Maryland

T. Rowe Price Foundation offers $2.7 million in grants for city neighborhoods

The T. Rowe Price Foundation is making $2.7 million worth of grants to improve opportunities for residents in underserved city neighborhoods.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Jun 27, 2019

• Opinion

Monarch School was closed because Santelises doesn't believe in charter schools

The real reason the Monarch School closed is because the school system doesn't support charter schools.

• Opinion

Pride in Baltimore education accomplishments 'tempered by tremendous urgency'

While additional education funds may eventually come if Maryland adopts a new funding formul as recommended, Baltimore children can't wait. The need is now.

• Obituaries

Leona Carpenter, retired Baltimore City school guidance counselor who taught at her church, dies

Leona Williams Carpenter, a retired Baltimore City school teacher and guidance counselor who was named woman of the year by her church, died.

By Jacques Kelly

Jun 18, 2019

• Opinion

Abell abandoning academic quiz-like competition "National Academic League"

The Abell Foundation will no longer fund the "National Academic League," a competition that tests students knowledge, in favor of sports programs.

• Education

Baltimore schools mourn, remember 12 students lost in another year of violence

Baltimore Schools honored 12 students lost to violence this year during a Wednesday event on the steps outside its North Avenue headquarters.

By Talia Richman

May 29, 2019

• Education

Baltimore County narrows search for superintendent amid challenges: late start, fractious school board

The Baltimore County school board will interview six finalists for superintendent this month in a selection process challenged by a short timeline, discord.

• Maryland

Baltimore teachers union calls for harsher punishment, notification of school police in some discipline cases

Following a series of assaults on staff and teachers, the Baltimore Teachers Union released recommendations aimed at making schools safer.

• Opinion

A better way to track poverty in Baltimore schools

Denying much-needed funds from city schools with greatest burden of low-income students is an outrage. So why is that about to happen?

• Education

Waverly Elementary/Middle English teacher with 'infectious' energy named Baltimore City Teacher of the Year

The district recognized the English language arts teacher for his commitment to students both inside and outside of the classroom.

By Sameer Rao

Apr 29, 2019

• Business

Baltimore offers old city schools, historic mansion for new uses

Baltimore City is looking for developers to come up with new uses for three buildings that were once used as schools, plus a historic mansion.

By Meredith Cohn

Apr 23, 2019

• Education

Baltimore schools' proposed budget reflects growth in immigrant population

As more immigrant families move into Baltimore, the public school system plans to pump additional money into programs that help children learn English.

By Talia Richman

Apr 18, 2019

• Education

At school safety hearing, Baltimore officials discuss violence, role of social media, ways to address trauma

Baltimore school and police officials discussed the implementation of Handle With Care, which would inform school officials of when a child has gone through a traumatic experience, in response to recent violent incidents at and near city schools.

By Phil Davis

Apr 11, 2019

• Maryland

Baltimore City schools board passes policy protecting transgender students

The Baltimore City Public Schools board of commissioners on Tuesday unanimously passed a policy allowing transgender students to use the names, pronouns and bathrooms that align with their gender identity — prompting the boardroom, packed with LGBTQ+ advocates, to burst into applause.

By Colin Campbell

Apr 10, 2019

• Maryland

Baltimore City Schools CEO proposes budget for next year with little increase

CEO Sonja Santelises is proposing a budget that continues to focus on literacy, student mental and emotional health, and a well-rounded curriculum.

• Sun Investigates

Baltimore's high school graduation rate rises; state's rate slips

Baltimore City Public Schools saw a graduation rate increase while the statewide rate slipped, according the Maryland Department of Education.

By Talia Richman

Mar 29, 2019

• Education

Student stabbed at Patterson High, second stabbing incident near a Baltimore school in a week

A student was stabbed inside Patterson High School on Monday, according to district officials, marking the second time a Baltimore student has been stabbed on or near school grounds in less than a week.

By Talia Richman

Mar 25, 2019

• Opinion

Catherine Pugh and Verletta White should resign

Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh and the interim superintendent of Baltimore County Public Schools, Verletta White, should resign over unethical behavior.

• Maryland

In tax forms, Maryland hospital system labeled book purchase from Baltimore mayor a 'grant' to city schools

The University of Maryland Medical System labeled its most recent $100,000 purchase of books from Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh as a "grant" to the city public school system, a mischaracterization that tax experts say is a violation of federal reporting rules for tax-exempt hospitals.

By Doug Donovan

Mar 19, 2019

• Politics

Baltimore Mayor Pugh resigns from UMMS board as 8,700 books she sold to hospital system sit in warehouse

Mayor Catherine Pugh has resigned from the University of Maryland Medical System Board.

• Opinion

Critical school poverty rate miscalculated in Md; here's how to fix it

Poor children in Baltimore City are being undercounted. This is a systemic problem put in place four years ago, when we stopped collecting lunch applications, used for decades to set poverty rates. The proxy for poverty, critical for determining school supports, is now a flawed measure.

• Opinion

ACLU school funding lawsuit isn't a 'threat,' it's a reminder that Maryland is violating its own constitution

The ACLU's lawsuit on city school funding is a reminder that Maryland has never lived up to what the law requires when it comes to providing an equal opportunity to Baltimore's children.

• Education

All-clear declared after Northwest Baltimore school building was evacuated because of bomb threat

Police gave an all-clear and students returned to classes after a Northwest Baltimore school building was evacuated due to a bomb threat, a city schools spokeswoman said. Police searched the building at 2801 N. Dukeland St. and declared it safe. They continue to investigate the threat.

By Colin Campbell

Mar 4, 2019

• Sun Investigates

Baltimore school system prepares for possible legal battle over funding

It appears the Baltimore school system is getting ready for a major legal battle. The school board this week approved a request to increase its contract with a law firm from $25,000 to $200,000. The terms of the contract include representing the school system in a lawsuit filed by the ACLU.

By Talia Richman

Mar 1, 2019

• Opinion

Arming school police is the wrong response to the Douglass shooting

Baltimore schools clearly need to do more to protect kids in the wake of the Frederick Douglass High School shooting, but arming school police officers isn't the right approach.

• Sun Investigates

Baltimore school system hires former board member to high-level position

Another former Baltimore school board member has landed a high-paying job with the school system. Tina Hike-Hubbard, who left the board in January 2018, was recently named the district’s chief of communications and community engagement.

By Talia Richman

Feb 21, 2019

• Maryland

One team, one coach, one season in Baltimore: Trying to change kids' lives through wrestling

A nonprofit, called Beat The Streets Baltimore, aims to save Baltimore kids by resurrecting the sport of wrestling. The young league partners with Banneker Blake and about a dozen other city schools to give kids a place to play a sport, get academic help and develop character.

By Luke Broadwater

Feb 13, 2019

• Maryland

In wake of Friday shooting, classes canceled Monday at Frederick Douglass High in Baltimore

Frederick Douglass High School in Baltimore will be closed to students on Monday, following the shooting of a staff member at the school Friday.

By Colin Campbell

Feb 10, 2019

• News

Staffer shot at Baltimore's Frederick Douglass High School remains in serious condition

A staffer was shot Friday at Baltimore's Frederick Douglass High School, officials said. A suspect is in custody.

• Opinion

The Green School of Baltimore a beacon of 'light and hope'

Criticisms of The Green School of Baltimore by public school officials miss the mark - and The Sun should have recognized that.

• Opinion

Parents: Gov. Hogan is sabotaging city schools

Governor Hogan's charter school initiative would deny Baltimore the money its needs to adequately fund schools.

• Opinion

Baltimore City schools need to be fully funded

Governor Hogan needs to put forth a greater investment in Baltimore City schools.

• Opinion

Cut the act, Gov. Hogan. You know Baltimore schools — and plenty of others — are being shortchanged.

Gov. Larry Hogan needs to stop pretending he doesn't know anything about the Kirwan Commission and its findings about the adequacy of state support for education.

• Education

Baltimore City school board votes 'no' to arming officers

The board of Baltimore City schools voted unanimously to oppose a measure that would have allowed school police officers to carry weapons during the day.

By Christina Tkacik

Jan 22, 2019

• Elementary Schools

5 Baltimore schools closed because of water, heat problems Tuesday

Five schools in Baltimore were closed Tuesday due to water and heat-related problems.

By Sarah Meehan

Jan 22, 2019

• Maryland

Baltimore school system wants to involve fathers in students' lives

City schools held a fatherhood engagement summit Saturday to try to involve fathers and male caregivers in supporting students academic success

By Lorraine Mirabella

Jan 12, 2019

• Opinion

Closing of Monarch Academy more about dislike for charters than problems with the school

The Baltimore school board is considering closing Monarch Academy not because of performance, but because it wants to reduce the number of charter schools.

• Baltimore City Public Schools

School nurse, aide assaulted by student at National Academy Foundation in Baltimore

Baltimore City Schools say more staffers have been assaulted at National Academy Foundation, where a cafeteria worker was assaulted by students late last month.

• Opinion

Baltimore schools better prepared for wintry temperatures

Baltimore schools are better prepared for winter this year thanks to recent building upgrades, but major capital improvements are still needed.

• Opinion

Monarch Academy's charter merits renewal

Monarch Academy shows too much promise to be shuttered by Baltimore's school system.

• Sports

Ravens donate nearly $200,000 for upgrades to heating and AC in Baltimore elementary school

The HVAC units in Lakewood Elementary are expected to be operable in January.

By Jonas Shaffer

Dec 3, 2018

• Obituaries

Eugene F. Baldwin, retired Baltimore public schools English teacher and editor, dies

Eugene F. Baldwin, a retired Baltimore City public schools English teacher who later worked as an editor, died Nov. 12 from an aneurysm at Holy Family at Merrimack Valley Hospital in Haverhill, Mass. The former longtime Catonsville resident was 74.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Dec 1, 2018

• Education

Two Baltimore City schools employees allegedly assaulted by students this week

A cafeteria worker at one Baltimore school was injured Tuesday in an alleged assault involving students, and a teacher at another city school was punched by a student Wednesday, district officials confirmed.

• Opinion

Monarch Academy is safe, secure and HVAC works so why close it?

Baltimore City has a lot of problem schools but Monarch Academy isn't one of them and should not be closed.

• Opinion

Don't shut down Banneker Blake Academy

City schools should keep effective Banneker Blake Academy in business.

• Opinion

Baltimore teacher showed grace in punching incident

The Baltimore teacher punched by a student at Frederick Douglas High School showed grace in how she handled the situation.

• Education

Baltimore City Public Schools investigating after high school student hits teacher in viral video

Baltimore school administrators are investigating after a teacher at Frederick Douglass High School was hit by a student Wednesday in an exchange captured on a viral video.

By Christina Tkacik

Nov 8, 2018

• Education

Should school police officers be armed? Baltimore City school board revives the question.

Should Baltimore school police officers be allowed to carry guns while on campus? The city school board is bringing the issue back into the forefront, hosting a forum next week to gauge public support for the idea.

By Talia Richman

Oct 11, 2018

• High Schools

Baltimore high school student arrested after gun found in locker

Police were carrying out a search warrant on the locker at Achievement Academy in the Hamilton Hills neighborhood when they found the firearm, the statement says.