Print Tim Tooten, WBAL-TV
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.
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The Maryland State Department of Education says that only 27% of Baltimore County teachers are vaccinated for COVID-19. Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski said Wednesday their numbers are way off, but the County Executive said that number is just flat out wrong.
He said that based on county data and surveys conducted by the Teachers Association of Baltimore County and Education Support Professionals of Baltimore County, 63% of educators have been vaccinated.
State officials say that based on their information, some counties have vaccinated 100% of teachers and staff who have asked for and received at least one dose of a vaccine.