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Teachers, student ask board for help at Calvert High
The Calvert County school board heard an amplified message from several teachers and a student from Calvert High School that immediate action is needed to stop the out of control behavior of some teens who are starting fights, recording the incidents with their phones and commandeering school restrooms for vaping and alleged drug use. The remarks were delivered during the board’s April 11 meeting. “Excuses will not be accepted,” teacher...
Safe Passage program rolls out at several Prince George’s County schools
LARGO, Md. (DC News Now) — A new student safety program is underway at several schools across Prince George’s County. Volunteers with the Safe Passage pilot program are working to help students stay out of trouble and harm’s way after dismissal. Volunteers were easy to spot at Largo High School on Tuesday, wearing bright purple […]
Calvert softball upends La Plata
Three weeks after being humbled in their season opener at home, the Calvert High School softball team earned a measure of atonement last week when the Cavaliers beat host La Plata 5-1 in the Warriors’ first “Autism Awareness” game. Calvert (3-3) has appeared in each of the last three Maryland 2A state title games under coach Lauren Robison, but La Plata was unimpressed with the Cavaliers’ gaudy resume when the two teams met on March 21 in Prince Frederick and the visiting Warriors departed with...
A rough road: Students see bad choice consequences in mock crash
A statewide initiative to curb road fatalities continues to send a sobering message to Maryland’s newest drivers. What began nationwide decades ago as a lesson in the dangers of blending alcohol with driving now includes in its scenario the sad consequences of not wearing seatbelts or allowing diversions such as cellphones and conversations to take a driver’s attention away from the road. Public high schools in Calvert County have annually...
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