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Many Maryland school districts are already planning for fall enrollment, but some are questioning whether students who opted for private or home-schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic will return to public schools.
School officials across the region said they remain upbeat as they continue to see signs of a shift back to the public school classroom.
The enrollment tide is starting to turn in Baltimore County. The district began the school year down almost 4,000 students, but officials said the numbers are starting to pick up. We would anticipate that a lot of those folks would again return to their neighborhood schools, the places where they feel comfortable, the places where their friends are going, Baltimore County Public Schools spokesman Charlie Herndon said.
State officials have left county school systems to decide on their own how best to safely bring children and staff back to buildings, many of which have been shuttered since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic last spring.