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October 2024 TMP: Raise my Taxes Edition
In what has become a sad sort of annual tradition here in Howard County, parents of students attending overcrowded and under-maintained schools testified in front of the Howard County Board of Education last month on why the limited capital funds available for school construction be prioritized to maintain, modernize, improve, and/or expand their own child's school building (inevitably at the expense of another needed school investment). It’s cut-throat competitive over limited capital funding that should not be.
Black male teachers are a rarity in preschools. This pioneering program wants to change that
BALTIMORE (AP) — Before 19-year-old Davontez Johnson found himself in a preschool classroom at Dorothy I. Heights Elementary, he was a senior at a nearby high school who, like many students his age, was unsure of what he wanted to do with his life. Not in his wildest dreams could he have imagined himself standing on a colorful carpet, leading a gaggle of 4-year-olds in a chant and dance about phonics.
Dr. Gary Pasternack, former Johns Hopkins Medical School division director, dies
Dr. Gary R. Pasternack, former director of the Division of Molecular Pathology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and CEO of Asklepion Pharmaceuticals LLC, died Oct. 13 from heart failure at Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital. The longtime Roland Park resident was 74. “Gary was known for his creative and detailed approach to science,” Dr. Ralph H. Hruban, professor ...
A historically Black community grapples with lasting impacts after Baltimore bridge collapse
As the dust settled after the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, as the initial shock wore off and the breaking news coverage subsided, residents of this tiny peninsula found themselves facing an uncertain future. Many had spent decades living in the shadow of the Key Bridge,...
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