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Baltimore County will hold 10 meetings in three days in March to give the public an opportunity to weigh in on search for new school superintendent.

Baltimore County is becoming more culturally diverse by the year and the school system needs to embrace that and meet the needs of these students.

The Baltimore County school board voted last month to make Verletta White the school system’s permanent superintendent. But on Wednesday, the state superintendent declined to approve White’s appointment.

Baltimore County has a history of hiring superintendents with deep roots in the community. But if the school board decides to stay with Verletta White as its permanent pick, she will be the first homegrown superintendent in nearly two decades.

The corruption case against Sen. Nathaniel Oaks has its origins in Baltimore County, court documents reveal. County officials can't let that drop.

Baltimore County's school board could vote as early as tonight on an interim superintendent to replace Dallas Dance, who is leaving at the end of June.

The Baltimore County school board will meet soon to decide how to proceed in its search for a replacement for Dallas Dance who abruptly announced he will leave the superintendent's job on June 30.

With only weeks left to make a decision on whether to give Superintendent Dallas Dance a new contract, some members of the Baltimore County school board are not saying whether he should continue as the head of one of Maryland's largest and most diverse school systems.

Don't renew Dance's contract until his record is put under a magnifying glass

Lansdowne High School sophomore Corine White solved an algebra problem with the help of her classmates last Thursday morning in her Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) class, part of a program aimed at closing the achievement gap by preparing students for college.

The superintendent may have ruffled feathers in Towson by asking for a big budget increase, but he gave voters the kind of transparency they deserve.

When the Baltimore County school board voted last week on a contract that includes a raise for Superintendent Dallas Dance, they talked about a $5,000 salary increase.

Baltimore County should have a hybrid elected/appointed school board.

A year and a half into the tenure of the superintendent they hired for his communication skills, Baltimore County school board members probably did not expect such an uproar.

Superintendent's missteps show why county needs an elected school board

Baltimore County Superintendent Dallas Dance did the right thing to quit his outside job, but his explanation for it is problematic.

The state senate's latest attempt to add representation to Baltimore County's Board of Education died again Tuesday morning when Sen. Ed Kasemeyer withdrew his support for the bill, causing a 4-4 deadlock in the Baltimore County delegation's vote.

Baltimore County classrooms would have about 100 more teachers next school year under a budget proposal unveiled Tuesday by Superintendent Dallas Dance.

Towson-area legislators will be tackling issues both fresh and familiar during the 2013 legislative session, which begins on Wednesday, Jan. 9 in Annapolis.

Timonium residents Dick Dods and Tom McPoyle invite the community to attend their chorus' annual show, "Pride in America," being held in the Kraushaar Auditorium on the campus of Goucher College, 1021 Dulaney Valley Road, on Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m.

Member of school's first state champion It's Academic team last year

Baltimore County schools should work to more quickly eliminate achievement gaps and ensure that discipline policies are applied consistently among all groups of students, according to recommendations made by the transition team appointed by Superintendent Dallas Dance.

Baltimore County school superintendent Dallas Dance held one in a series of community meetings on Wednesday night at Loch Raven High School to hear residents' concerns after what many consider to be years of closed lines of communication between county school officials and the community.

New Baltimore County Superintendent Dallas Dance will answer questions from the public at the next Sun Newsmaker Forum.

Baltimore County Public Schools Superintendent S. Dallas Dance last week set his expectations for ...

Baltimore County schools officials are paying settlements for breaking contracts they think were illegal. What gives?

Baltimore County school leaders have paid a total of $150,989 in severance to two high-ranking employees who signed contracts with the former superintendent, despite their belief that the contracts were not legal.

Baltimore County School Superintendent S. Dallas Dance announced Tuesday that the magnet school policy change would not be enacted until after a review.

The two high-ranking school employees who signed contracts with former Baltimore County Superintendent Joe A. Hairston before he retired have both left the system.

Shortly before retiring this summer, Howard County school superintendent Sydney Cousin told employees in the central office that he was giving them a pay raise but did not take the matter before the school board for approval.

Contracts signed by former Balto. Co. school superintendent Joe Hairston mystify residents