TOWSON, MD—The committee charged with examining central area elementary school attendance areas will convene for its third meeting this week. The meeting is the third of five committee sessions and two public information sessions planned for this fall and winter. The meeting will take place 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 2, 2023 in the George Washington Carver Center […]
WOODLAWN, MD—Police are investigating after a teen was injured in a shooting at a school playground on Tuesday afternoon. At just after 3:30 p.m. on October 24, officers with the Baltimore County Police Department responded to the playground area of an elementary school in the 1600-block of Langford Road (21207) in reference to reports of shots fired. Shortly after officers […]
UPDATE: The following communication was sent by Vincent Farm Elementary School to families: Dear Parents and Guardians of Bus #401, This morning, your child’s bus was involved in an accident. We followed our protocol for bus accidents and all students were evaluated by EMS. Several students were injured and are being transported to a local hospital. The remaining students are […]
TOWSON, MD—A local parent group is organizing a protest to be held at Tuesday evening’s meeting of the Board of Education of Baltimore County. The Parental Alliance for Safer Schools in Baltimore County (PASS) is planning a peaceful protest due to the new gender/bathroom/locker room rules adopted by Baltimore County Public Schools. The LGBTQ+ guidance that was adopted by BCPS […]
TOWSON, MD—The committee charged with examining central area elementary school attendance areas will convene for its second meeting next week. The meeting is the second of five committee sessions and two public information sessions planned for this fall and winter. The meeting will take place 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 12, 2023 in the George Washington Carver Center […]
CARNEY, MD—A student at a Carney middle school was assaulted by a parent on Thursday morning. Pine Grove Middle School principal Deborah Magness sent out a communication to parents stating that a parent had physically assaulted a student in a hallway outside the school’s office. A staff member and a School Resource Officer de-escalated the situation and the student went […]
TOWSON, MD—Baltimore County Public Library and Foundation for Baltimore County Public Library challenged writers of all ages to write original horror stories with a “Petrifying Poe” theme in their Tales of the Dead Short Horror Story Contest. Entrants were encouraged to be creative with the theme and they delivered. The contest ran from August 1 through September 22, and criteria for […]
TOWSON, MD—The Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Transportation has announced the county-wide implementation of BusWhere, a location tracking app that allows subscribers to see school bus locations in real time on a mobile phone or computer. With the BusWhere app, subscribers may opt to receive notification as the bus is approaching a designated bus stop or if there is […]