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Rally set for Baltimore schools funding plan
ANNAPOLIS — Baltimore city officials plan to attend a rally in Annapolis to show support for a plan to renovate or rebuild up to 65 city schools. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Baltimore City Schools CEO Andres Alonso are scheduled to speak at the rally Monday night. The proposal would create a block grant each […]
City lawmakers tell Alonso school construction is top priority
Baltimore representatives in the House of Delegates assured the head of the city's public schools Friday that tackling the issue of school construction financing was their top priority in this year's General Assembly.
Rawlings-Blake to sign bottle tax to fund schools
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake plans to sign into law an increased bottle tax to renovate the city’s crumbling schools. Rawlings-Blake is scheduled to join schools CEO Andres Alonso and education advocates at Northwood Elementary School on Tuesday. She will sign the “Better Schools Initiative” into law. It raises the tax on bottled beverages from 2 […]
Baltimore schools CEO Alonso pitches plan to borrow $1.2B
ANNAPOLIS — The chief executive officer of Baltimore’s public schools has told state lawmakers that he hopes to borrow $1.2 billion to overhaul the city’s public school buildings. Andres Alonso spoke Tuesday to the Senate Budget and Taxation committee, telling members that the plan could save the city time and money by combining the repairs […]
Schools CEO Alonso named to national governing board
Baltimore schools CEO Andres Alonso has been appointed to the National Assessment Governing Board which sets policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Six others were named to the board. Their terms begin Oct. 1. NAEP is the country’s only nationally representative assessment of student achievement in various subjects.
Baltimore schools CEO Alonso staying on for 4 more years
Baltimore school board officials say CEO Andres Alonso will stay on for four more years. Alonso signed a $260,000 contract on Thursday as his old one expired. Board Chairman Neil Duke says the new contract was sensitive to the finances of the city, and leaves intact the salary Alonso was making under his previous contract. […]
Baltimore residents to protest education budget
ANNAPOLIS — Rally organizers say they hope to bring more than 2,000 people to Annapolis to protest $94 million in spending reductions for schools statewide. The rally is scheduled for Monday evening in front of the Maryland State House. Susan Fothergill, co-chair of the Baltimore Education Coalition, said organizers have arranged for more than 100 […]
