Baltimore County Public Schools

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Baltimore County Public Schools is the school district in charge of all public schools in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The school system is managed by the Board of Education, headquartered in Towson. The Superintendent is Dr. Joe A. Hairston.

Contents 1 Schools 1.1 Elementary Schools 1.2 Middle Schools 1.3 High Schools 1.4 Pure Magnet Schools 1.5 Specialty Schools 2 Issues 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Schools

All areas in Baltimore County are unincorporated; as there are no incorporated cities in Baltimore County, all place names are neighborhoods, and have no legal jurisdiction over their areas.

[edit] Elementary Schools

[edit] Middle Schools

In the mid-1980s, Baltimore County shifted the grades in the intermediate-level schools. Until this time, the schools were called "junior high schools" and had grades 7-9. The 9th grade was moved into the high school and the 6th grade was moved in from nearby elementary schools, creating the current "middle school" model with grades 6-8.

[edit] High Schools

• Carver Center for Arts and Technology
• Catonsville High School
• Chesapeake High School
• Dulaney High School
• Dundalk High School
• Franklin High School
• Hereford High School
• Kenwood High School
• Lansdowne High School
• Loch Raven High School
• Milford Mill Academy
• New Town High School
• Overlea High School & Academy of Finance
• Owings Mills High School
• Parkville High School and Center for Math, Science, and Computer Science
• Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts
• Perry Hall High School
• Pikesville High School
• Randallstown High School
• Sparrows Point High School
• Towson High School
• Woodlawn High School

[edit] Pure Magnet Schools

These schools have no attendance boundaries. Students attend these schools as full time students, or part-time as a suplement to a student's core high school.

• Carver Center for Arts and Technology
• Eastern Technical High School
• Sollers Point Technical High School
• Western School of Technology and Environmental Science

[edit] Specialty Schools

• Battle Monument
• Bridge Center
• Campfield Early Childhood Center
• Maiden Choice School
• R.I.C.A. Catonsville Education Center
• Ridge Ruxton School
• Rosedale Center Middle and High School
• White Oak School

[edit] Issues

Overcrowding in some elementary schools due to population growth became an issue in 2007, particularly at four elementary schools in the Towson area — Hampton, Riderwood, Rodgers Forge, and Stoneleigh — which were said to have 451 more children than their 1,665-pupil capacity.^[1] In December 2007, a parents' advocacy group, Towson Families United, called for construction of a new elementary school to alleviate overcrowding, with the group threatening a demonstration near the courthouse office of Baltimore County Executive James T. Smith Jr.^[2] On May 6, 2008, the School Board announced that a new school would open in 2010 near the existing Ridge Ruxton School on Charles Street.^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ Gina Davis. "Towson's Crowded Schools", The Baltimore Sun, 2008-05-04. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Gina Davis. "Homework brings results", The Baltimore Sun, 2008-05-12. 

[edit] External links

• Baltimore County Public Schools