How Will New School Board Tackle Superindent Search, Other Issues?
PART I Now that a new Board of Education has been sworn in and is under leadership that has not been supportive of appointing Verletta White to a permanent superintendent…
State Moves to Star Rating to Present Public School Performance
The Maryland State Department of Education has released its latest version of a school performance and accountability plan, which now assigns each school between one and five stars based on…
The Politics of the Board of Education
I was fortunate enough to attend Baltimore County’s inaugural ceremonies to observe some of our elected officials sworn into office. Among these officials were members of the Board of Education.…
John Olszewski, Other Baltimore County Officials Take Office
At the Baltimore County inauguration, held Dec. 3 at Towson University’s SECU Arena, Court of the Clerk Julie Ensor administered the oath of office to several elected officials in the…
The Only Poll That Matters is The Poll You Walk Into on Election Day
With the Nov. 6 General Election just days away, candidates are pulling out all the stops, from phone banking, to doing waves to door knocking. They are making their way…
Historical Marker Recognizes 1935 Effort to Desegregate Schools
In the 1930s, the recently renovated Catonsville Elementary School located on Bloomsbury Avenue was once a high school that refused to enroll African-American students—a practice typical of the segregation era.…