BALTIMORE, MD (WEAA) Dr. Sonja Santelises, CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools joins Farajii Muhammad to address a number of issues surrounding the school system.
The two discuss the removal of Reginald F. Lewis High School s principal due to insubordination, a lawsuit filed against Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners after a 10-year-old girl was knocked unconscious, mental health support and more.
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The principal of the Reginald F. Lewis High Community School has been removed, 11 News has learned.
WBAL-TV 11 News obtained a letter sent to the school community that states Janine Patterson will, effective immediately, no longer be affiliated as principal of the Baltimore City school due to insubordination, willful neglect of duty and misconduct, including financial impropriety.
Under state law, the next step is for the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners to review the CEO s recommendation for termination and make a final decision to move forward with termination, according to the letter.
Dave Verdi will continue to serve as the acting principal for the remainder of the school year.
Maryland high schools may soon be required to adopt a curriculum on gambling addiction, depending on the fate of one bill in the state legislature.
SB0243, sponsored by Sen. Bryan Simonaire, R-Anne Arundel, directs the Maryland State Department of Education to develop a program for local schools to teach high school students the dangers of gambling.
Local school districts would have the option to use an existing gambling curriculum or to establish a new curriculum, according to Simonaire.
“From a governmental policy standpoint, the state receives money from gambling revenues that can be used to help other priorities in our state, but also adversely enables many citizens to become gambling addicts, which creates other issues for the state,” he told Capital News Service.