Baltimore County is coming up short in hiring school employees, especially those in charge of taking care of school buildings.|| COVID-19 updates | Maryland s latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info || The shortage is raising concerns from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Workers.The head of the employee s union said Perry Hall High School is just a snapshot of what s taking place in schools across the county.Groundskeepers and buildings service workers help to keep school buildings clean year-round and school grounds trimmed but both are in short supply. The union said Perry Hall High School is at least four people short inside and outside its building. It s the same story for Perry Hall Middle School. Baltimore County Public School spokesman Charlie Herndon said he’s not surprised by what s taking place. Everywhere else in the country, we re experiencing a very fluid job market right now, Herndon said.A job market that s forced the school system to
An MPD spokesperson said Tuesday that the department is “aware of unauthorized access on our server.”
“While we determine the full impact and continue to review activity, we have engaged the FBI to fully investigate this matter,” the spokesperson said in an email. “There is no further information available to provide at this time.”
The FBI did not immediately respond to an email request for comment about the investigation.
Babuk’s posts have since been deleted, but cybersecurity expert Scott White says the hackers could be seeking a hefty payout.
“I suspect in this case, being it’s the D.C. Police Service and the information if it’s true that they have involving confidential informants and so on I suspect they’re probably asking a considerable amount of money for the release of the information back [to MPD],” Mr. White, an associate professor of cybersecurity at George Washington University, told The Times.
Updated: 12:01 PM EDT Apr 27, 2021 Baltimore County and school leaders surprised a Deer Park Middle Magnet School history teacher Tuesday with a big honor.Brianna Ross was named as Baltimore County Public Schools 2021 Teacher of the Year. Ross began her teaching career at BCPS, first at Scotts Branch Elementary School and, since 2018, at Deer Park. Brianna Ross represents the very best of the teaching profession talented, dedicated to her students, and passionate about learning, Superintendent Darryl Williams said in a statement. In a year that has tested every educator not only in Baltimore County, but across Maryland and the nation Ms. Ross shows us that great teaching transcends even the constraints of a pandemic. She shows us that great teaching and great teachers are among the most powerful forces anywhere and at any time. Ross was also surprised by her parents, Linette and Vincent Ross, who drove from their Pennsylvania home to the Randallstown school wh
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ESL Teachers Assist Immigrant Students To Settle In Education System
Coming to a new country at any age is challenging. With the help of ESL teachers, immigrants of any age are able to meet their learning goals in and outside of the classroom. The National Center of Education Statistics reports that as of 2017, ten percent of students around the nation are English Language Learners. Photo by Sam Balye, Unsplash
Maya Thurston, Howard University News Service
In regards to learning the language and culture, immigrants can often be left to their own devices when arriving in the United States. According to the Public Policy Institute of California , six percent of arriving immigrants of the United States speak English before they arrive. Fortunately enough, for school age immigrants put in the public school system, they are assisted by their institutions to learn English.