The Carroll County school board voted Wednesday to develop a new policy on the use of political symbols, specifically flags, inside public school buildings. The decision came in reaction to some parental concern about rainbow pride flags that some teachers in Carroll County Public Schools have been displaying inside classrooms.
Seven candidates are running for three available seats on the Carroll County Board of Education. Of those candidates, two are incumbents seeking reelection, Tara Battaglia and Patricia Dorsey.
The Carroll County Board of Education has taken legal action against the Maryland State Department of Education to force the state to drop its mask mandate in public schools.
Carroll County school board members voted unanimously on Wednesday to approve a resolution calling for an end to the mask mandate in public schools and authorizing legal counsel to file a petition in Carroll County Circuit Court seeking a declaratory judgment that the emergency legislation set forth in December by the state school board is “contrary to Maryland law.”
Carroll County Public Schools currently offers five world languages to high school students: American Sign Language, French, German, Latin and Spanish, but no county students actually have the option of choosing from all five. Allowing a virtual course offering could solve the problem.