Baltimore City Schools

The new fleet will serve about 300 of the city’s students, reducing greenhouse gasses, and contributing to a quieter, more comfortable quality of life around the city’s neighborhoods.

One principal says taking away cell phones improves student mental health and attention span.

Baltimore school officials faced questions about police partnerships, training and data-tracking in a hearing on Wednesday.

Baltimore City school commissioners voted to merge two existing online programs to create one school for middle and highschoolers.

District CEO Sonja Santelises wants to combine pandemic-era online learning programs into a single school for some students.

At a state senate hearing Thursday, education leaders raised concerns about growing absenteeism rates for young students, while exploring multi-pronged factors contributing to the problem.

The district did not cancel classes during the storms on Tuesday, unlike neighboring counties. One student said commutes home were “a disaster.”

Baltimore City and Baltimore County schools followed these statewide trends. In total, only four middle schools between the two districts had more than half of their students pass the social studies test.

The marijuana chemical caused one student to have a seizure, and another to collapse on Monday. A third fell on the stairs.

We’ll go On the Record with a look at Baltimore nonprofits working to keep kids on a positive path.