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Video shows Baltimore City School employee swearing at student
A new video has surfaced, showing a heated argument between a student and staff member at Forest Park High School. In the video, which was from May, a staff member can be heard yelling expletives and using vulgar language toward a student. While the student was also yelling at the staff member, it is not clear what led up to the incident.
Baltimore City Schools CEO to chair urban schools council after current contract ends
Sonja Santelises, CEO of the Baltimore City Public School System, is set to be the next board chair of the Council of the Great City Schools, an advocacy group representing 78 of the country’s largest urban school districts. Baltimore’s school system is a member of the nonprofit coalition, which promotes improving education for students in urban areas. The organization announced Santelises’ ...
Maryland leaders celebrate graduation of first cohort of Gov. Wes Moore’s service year program
Gov. Wes Moore (D) and Mayor Brandon M. Scott (D) spoke at the commencement for the first cohort of the Maryland Corps Service Year Option, a campaign promise of Moore’s. “Keep doing you, keep serving, keep protecting each other. This is going to be a moment that people will remember for generations to come and they are going to remember you,” said Moore to the large cohort of graduates at Camden Yards in Baltimore on July 16. “I want to thank you for being leaders and making your entire state proud.”
Baltimore Teachers Union meet in attempt to find new public schools CEO
The Baltimore Teachers Union, along with union partners and local and state officials, met on Tuesday as they attempt to find a new chief executive officer for city schools. The union discussed its shared goals and vision for the future of city public schools. Union President Diamonte Brown called it an unprecedented partnership as administrators and front line school staff have come together to ask for inclusion as they search for a replacement for Sonja Santelises.
Historic HBCU gym set to reopen after renovations
Hurt Gymnasium was the site of the first interracial American basketball game played south of the Mason-Dixon Line, with Morgan State hosting Loyola College Maryland. The post Historic HBCU gym set to reopen after renovations appeared first on HBCU Gameday.
UMBC hires Tiffany D. Tucker as school’s first female and minority athletic director
Tiffany D. Tucker will be the first woman and person of color to serve as UMBC athletic director, the university announced Tuesday afternoon. Tucker will be the school’s sixth athletic director and succeeds Brian Barrio, who was not retained in April. An introductory news conference will be scheduled for next week. “With only seven percent of Division I athletic directors being women of color, ...
Baltimore high schoolers explore clean energy in Constellation's weeklong camp at UMBC
BALTIMORE -- Nearly 70 high school students nationwide were selected to participate in this year's Youth Energy Summit, hosted by Constellation Energy, at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. During the weeklong overnight experience, juniors and seniors learned different facets of climate, environment, and stem including renewable energy, energy efficiency, and microgrids."These students have a wide range of interests in science and engineering, but all kinds of interests really. And they're just at the beginning of starting to explore their different careers," Carrie Stockwell, Constellation Director of Philanthropy, said. "Once in college, I want to study aerospace engineering, and then after...
A look at the O's lone high school pick and other notes from Day 2 of the draft
There was a lot for the Orioles to like about their second day of draft picks. They saw third rounder, USC outfielder Austin Overn, move up some draft boards when he produced a .947 OPS in the Cape Cod League. They saw Auburn pitcher right-hander Chase Allsup, their fourth rounder,...
Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation Awards Scholarship to 10 Students
Miranda Borgemoen, an MBA student at the University of Minnesota specializing in international business and management. Set to graduate in 2027, she is currently working in sales at DLL and hopes to use this scholarship grant to grow professionally and further advance her career in equipment finance. Jude Butumbi, a...
InTERPShip Academy Highlight: Sydney Lewis
Maryland softball’s Sydney Lewis is one of more than 40 student-athletes to land an internship over the summer in conjunction with Maryland Made’s InTERPship Academy. Lewis, a rising junior studying communication, is interning with the Baltimore Orioles in their marketing and communication departments. She’s working with the Orioles for eight weeks, during which time she’s browsing through and shadowing various teams and learning about their operations.
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