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BCPS teachers say district is too slow responding to their requests to stay home

Anxious Baltimore County school teachers are blaming the school district for being too slow in responding to their request to stay home for health reasons.|| Coronavirus updates | Maryland s latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||Some of those asking for special accommodations are dealing with serious health issues. This comes as a Maryland lawmaker asks for legal protections for those who can t come back.The first group of teachers returned to in-person instruction a few days ago, but there are a growing number of them who say for now, coming back is next to impossible.“I m just asking to hopefully stay home and to continue virtually teach which I am not sure Baltimore County is allowing us with serious health conditions to do that,” Catonsville High School teacher Gina Palermo said.Palermo, a four-time cancer survivor, has asked the district for accommodations.“I got a response, just an auto response (that) says, ‘We ve received your paperwork,’ standard proced

House bill would make virtual schooling a full-time option in Maryland

Credit: LEREXIS Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit Maryland last March, students have largely been learning from home. For many students and parents, that transition has often been frustrating and has seldom been productive. Some students, however, are thriving, and House Minority Whip Kathy Szeliga has introduced a bill that would have Maryland join the 33 states that now have a full-time virtual option in place for schools. HB 1170 would allow school systems the choice to partner with companies like Columbia-based Pearson to let students enroll in a purpose-built virtual program, rather than in-person instruction reworked for online learning. This is a virtual learning environment built for a virtual learning school so those kids that are liking what they see, I think, will really flourish under a school that s built for virtual, Szeliga, a former Baltimore City teacher, told Yuripzy Mor

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