Search

Flash flooding forces evacuation of elementary school in western Maryland 05/13/2025 09:08pm • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� Flooding in rural western Maryland forced the evacuation of an elementary school Tuesday afternoon as water began to breach the second floor, according to local officials. Homes and businesses in downtown Westernport were also inundated with floodwaters after hours of heavy rai Prince George's County residents call for more mental health resources for children 05/13/2025 12:41pm • At a meeting Monday night, billed as a "Mental Health Town Hall," Prince George's County leaders heard an update from health officials about the progress made in the last year in providing mental health services. But they also heard from parents frustrated that the county has not made much progre Dozens show up to question Maryland's State Superintendent of Schools 05/13/2025 04:08am • Maryland���s State Superintendent of Schools took her listening tour to Prince George���s County Monday. She���s making her way to all 24 Maryland school districts to hear from parents and get ideas about how to improve schools. Dozens of parents showed up at Charles Flowers High School in Spr Virginia Gov. Youngkin vetoes measure to let African American history courses count toward graduation 05/13/2025 03:48am • Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has vetoed a bill that would have allowed African American history courses to count toward high school graduation requirements. The measure, which was introduced in the House by Loudoun County Del. David Reid, would have allowed students and parents to choose African Fairfax Co. school leaders adopt a compromise on student cellphone use 05/12/2025 01:33pm • The Fairfax County School Board has been debating for months over Virginia's Student Rights and Responsibilities regulations and how to implement its own policy regarding cellphone usage by students. On Thursday, by a 9-3 vote, the board passed an amendment to the policy that permits limited cell Montgomery Co. Public Schools to crack down on students who use or threaten violence 05/12/2025 10:49am • Montgomery County Public Schools is going to hand out stricter punishments for students who use or threaten violence in the coming school year. The Maryland school system is particularly upgrading possible punishments for threatening a bomb or attacking a teacher. MCPS uses a five-tiered system f As Trump calls for reopening Alcatraz, its most famous escape is still a mystery 05/11/2025 09:06am • (CNN) ��� Despite its reputation as ironclad, it was possible to escape Alcatraz. All it took was brains, guts and 50 raincoats. On June 11, 1962, three prisoners ��� Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin, all in their 30s ��� shimmied with a homemade raft through hidden holes in the Prince George's Co. teachers call for higher pay, smaller classes before school board meeting 05/09/2025 07:18am • Chanting and holding signs, a crowd of teachers rallied before Thursday night���s Prince George���s County school board meeting to call for better pay and smaller class sizes. The event, which the Prince George���s County Education Association organized, featured local lawmakers and educators 'Beautiful timing': DC Catholics praise selection of new pope 05/09/2025 05:41am • People who were near the campus of Catholic University in Northeast D.C. got the news that a new pope had been elected��when the bells of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception pealed loudly Thursday afternoon. Hundreds of people,including those celebrating Mass, beg How one DC-area organization helps foster kids nationwide, one backpack at a time 05/08/2025 04:06pm • Sixteen years ago, Rob Scheer and his husband Reese showed up to pick up two foster kids they wanted to adopt, and one of the first things they noticed was what the children had with them. ���Sitting next to them, both had a trash bag,��� Scheer said. The sight hit home for Scheer, who himself DC-area school systems warn parents of TikTok challenge damaging students' laptops 05/08/2025 08:02am • The latest viral TikTok social media challenge has school systems issuing a warning. Loudoun County, Virginia, and Prince George���s County, Maryland, schools have sent letters to parents warning about the challenge, known as the Chromebook Challenge, where students jam a sharp object into the ch Va. AG launches investigation into Loudoun schools after ���uncomfortable��� boys��� locker room incident 05/08/2025 05:26am • Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced on Tuesday that the state will investigate Loudoun County Public Schools following a media report that the school division launched a Title IX investigation after three high school boys said they felt ���uncomfortable��� when a biologically female st Loudoun Co. parents demand accountability after video shows student yelling slurs at 5-year-old 05/07/2025 04:43pm • A Loudoun County, Virginia, mother is demanding the public school system take additional steps to protect students, about a month after she said a middle schooler yelled racial slurs toward her 5-year-old. At a school board meeting Tuesday, the woman told board members her 5-year-old child was "r Swarovski returns to DC with Georgetown store 05/07/2025 11:41am • Austrian crystal maker Swarovski will return to D.C. with a new store in Georgetown, quickly filling a recently vacated prime retail space on Wisconsin Avenue. The new Swarovski showroom and store will open in late 2025 at 1234 Wisconsin Ave., signing a five-year lease for the 950-square-foot spa Virginia schools assure compliance with parental rights laws 05/07/2025 10:47am • Under the looming threat of federal consequences for inaction, all 136 local education agencies in the commonwealth ��� including public schools, the Virginia Juvenile Justice Center and Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind ��� have officially assured the Virginia Department of Education that they