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New cameras are being installed on all Baltimore County school buses to record drivers who illegally pass school buses. One of the video cameras, mounted below the word “Public,” records drivers as they pass stopped school buses. At the announcement of the new bus safety program, Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough said that in a one-day study during the last school year, 387 drivers illegally passed school buses. For the first thirty days,,drivers will be issued warnings. After that, animators will receive $250 citations. (Amy Davis/Staff)

FOX45: ‘Furious’ mother of alleged victim emailed principal days before Towson bus stop fight

May 5, 2026 at 12:36 p.m.

A Project Baltimore investigation has uncovered more emails from parents at Dumbarton Middle School warning school administrators that some students were in danger. The most recent warnings came days before...

Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys alumni talk among themselves before meeting with students at BCSB to share how the school played a role in their success. (Kevin Richardson/Staff)

FOX45: Families fight to save Maryland’s only all-boys public school

April 9, 2026 at 7:10 a.m.

Community members held a rally to save the Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys.

Del. Lauren Arikan, R-Harford County, said a bill from Democrats that pushes gender-neutral language in the state constitution is “so embarrassing.” (Steve Pierce/Spotlight on Maryland)

FOX45: School safety bill faces deadline in Maryland General Assembly

March 19, 2026 at 11:41 a.m.

A bipartisan Maryland bill would prevent schools from hiring or keeping employees charged with serious crimes — but time is running out this session.

The College Board will score SAT test takers on adversity in their lives along with verbal and math skills.

FOX45: MD schools see drop in graduation, rise in dropouts, SATs fall

March 12, 2026 at 2:29 p.m.

Maryland public schools are struggling: despite billions in added funding, graduation rates, test scores, and other key academic outcomes have worsened.

FOX45: Baltimore City’s high school dropout rate hits 15-year high

February 24, 2026 at 1:34 p.m.

The high school dropout rate in the Baltimore region is increasing at an alarming rate. In Baltimore City Public Schools, the high school dropout rate has hit a 15-year high.

Oct. 4, 2025- Superintendent of Harford County Public Schools Dr. Sean W. Bulson speaks during the dedication ceremony for Homestead-Wakefield Elementary School in Bel Air.

FOX45: Officials call for investigation, resignation of Harford schools superintendent following 911 call

January 7, 2026 at 10:42 a.m.

Officials are calling for an investigation into Harford School Superintendent Sean Bulson following a report by FOX45 News of a 911 phone call made by a person with the same...

Baltimore City Public Schools headquarters.

FOX45: Baltimore City Public Schools to revise curriculum amid federal antisemitism investigation

December 30, 2025 at 5:49 p.m.

Baltimore City Public Schools is revising parts of its curriculum as it awaits the outcome of a federal civil rights investigation into allegations of antisemitism.

From left, Board member Dr. Carol Mueller, Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Sean Bulson and board president Dr. Aaron Poynton during the Board of Education of Harford County meeting in Bel Air on Monday. (Brian Krista/Staff)

FOX45: Officials withhold details after employee with gun conviction worked in Harford Schools

December 16, 2025 at 2:29 p.m.

Harford County Public Schools is withholding information regarding Kairen Thomas, a former employee at Edgewood Elementary School.

Del. Lauren C. Arikan, a Harford County Republican, speaks in the General Assembly in 2024. (Karl Merton Ferron/Staff)

FOX45: Lawmaker pushes bill to prevent felony-charged teachers from working in Maryland schools

December 2, 2025 at 8:30 a.m.

Del. Lauren Arikan, a Republican representing Harford County, plans to submit legislation to the Maryland General Assembly next month barring teachers charged with certain felony crimes from being hired in...

FOX45: Demands grow for investigation into Harford County Schools’ hiring of accused felon

November 20, 2025 at 2:49 p.m.

State and local lawmakers in Maryland are taking action after Fox45 uncovered that Harford County Public Schools hired a now-convicted felon.

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