TOWSON, MD—Baltimore County Public Schools will be holding a youth mental health fair in Towson this weekend. Students and families are invited to the BCPS Mind Over Matters Annual Conference on Saturday, March 15, from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology. The goal of this event, hosted in partnership with Kaiser Permanente, […]
HARFORD COUNTY, MD—Harford County Public Schools will close three hours early on Wednesday due to predicted severe storms that will move through the area this afternoon. HCPS, schools, and offices, will close three hours early on March 5, 2025. All field trips are cancelled. All afterschool and evening activities have also been cancelled.
UPDATE 2: Police say a 16-year-old student was shot near a liquor store. He was taken to a hospital where he later died. Authorities say this was a targeted incident. UPDATE: The shooting occurred at a shopping center near Lansdowne High School, not at the high school itself. Original story below… LANSDOWNE, MD—Police are on the scene of a reported […]
ESSEX, MD—Baltimore County Public Schools and the American Dairy Association North East are teaming up to highlight the importance of school breakfast during National School Breakfast Week (March 3-7). They will host an event at Essex Elementary School on Wednesday, March 5, from 8:45-10:15 a.m. to showcase the school’s “grab and go breakfast” kiosks and emphasize the role of a […]
PERRY HALL, MD—A Spanish teacher at Perry Hall High School is being recognized for two major achievements. Edwin Pérez was recently appointed to serve as Mid-Atlantic Region Director for the Hispanic Caucus of the National Education Association. Perez was also recently inducted into the Maryland Commission on Hispanic Affairs’ Maryland Hispanic Heroes Hall of Fame.
TOWSON, MD—The Baltimore County Board of Education has approved a $2.98 billion budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2026, aiming to bolster student achievement and maintain system progress. The budget, passed on February 25, represents a $126.4 million increase over the previous year’s general fund budget. According to Board Chair Jane Lichter, the budget prioritizes students and schools while acknowledging the […]
TOWSON, MD—The four-year cohort graduation rate for Baltimore County Public Schools students rose —for the second year in a row—to 85.84 percent, according to data released by the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) on February 25. The graduation rate for the Class of 2024 increased by nearly one percentage point from the previous year’s rate of 84.99 percent. The […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland high school students achieved a four-year cohort graduation rate of 87.6% for the 2023-2024 school year, marking the highest rate since 2017, according to the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE). This represents a 1.8 percentage point increase from the previous year. The increase in graduation rates was particularly significant among Hispanic students and multilingual learners. The MSDE […]