Western and Baltimore City Schools in the News:
MSNBC.COM (WBAL TV) :
Nation's Oldest All-Girls School on Closing List?
AFRO.COM:
10/6/05 Saving Western High
BALTIMORESUN.COM:
03/29/06
Board votes to close schools Pair of complexes and an elementary to shut down this summer
Md. acts to seize 11 city schoolsGrasmick seeks control under No Child Left Behind; Baltimore officials furious, contend move is political
03/24/06
Admissions flap spreads to Poly Some top students were rejected in favor of those with lower grades and test scores
03/23/06
A question of standards Lowered admissions criteria stir outrage at prestigious
Western High School
02/19/06
Delay Urged in School Plan
11/11/05
In Md., 40% fail test in English "- while 20 top-performing schools had passing rates of more than 80 percent."
10/20/05
Supporters Turn out for Western
10/14/05
Community will guide overhaul of city school system
10/14/05
Consolidation plan shortchanges Baltimore students
10/12/05
Officials insist no school closure list has been created
05/09/02
Baltimore Houses Single-sex Public School...Leadership
