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Investigation Finds Schemes at Baltimore City School

September 13th, 2021 by WCBC Radio

A two-year Baltimore City school system investigation has found that administrators at one city high school schemed to inflate enrollment, pressured teachers to change grades and scheduled students into classes that didn’t exist. Maryland’s Lt Governor Boyd Rutherford said that unfortunately incidents of undeserving students being promoted to the next grade level is not unique to Baltimore- as there have been cases reported system wide through the years. Rutherford said there will obviously be repercussions resulting from this latest incident- and the hope it that it resonates with every school system in Maryland…