We'd likely have more local school district consistency on reopening if the State had provided *any* guidance whatsoever prior to TEN DAYS before the planned start of SY 2020-21.
Bill Ferguson
@SenBillFerg · MD · S
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About to serve as Master of Ceremonies for a surprise Destination Graduation in Baltimore City for my alma mater, @DavidsonCollege, for 3 grads missing ceremony today. Great day to be a Wildcat! https://t.co/1tvezjOJiQ
Maryland must do everything possible to safely keep school buildings open for learning and our kids safe. That’s why the Maryland Senate just sent this letter to the State Board of Ed, urging members to promulgate emergency regs to make masking a statewide mitigation strategy. https://t.co/ftS0gxUJWR
The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future is now law! I ran for the Maryland Senate in 2010 because teaching in Baltimore City Public Schools made it abundantly clear that we were failing our responsibility as a society to provide all children an education t… https://t.co/uiz2FpF8IX https://t.co/46NO08DWrT
A majority of the Maryland Senate called on the State Board of Education to promulgate emergency regulations to institute a statewide masking policy for schools and we applaud them for doing so this afternoon. Today’s vote demonstrates that President C… https://t.co/Bl0QJnVbBG https://t.co/qVCXP8dbdX
News Flash: crime, education, and economy are all interrelated. Good educational opportunities leads to better economic opportunities leads to less crime. Reverse also true. Each impacts the other. https://t.co/rL4RtM18l5
Once we come out the other side of this, we will have some children who have gone 6 months with zero academic instruction, he said. We as a society have never experienced that. If we do not have a plan on back end to raise achievement, it will be hard for us to ever recover. https://t.co/bzHvo9e9ym
Received lots of questions about varying masking/testing/vaccine requirements for MD's public schools. Our great Dept of Legislative Services team put together this helpful visualization map of MD school districts. Will be updated as policies change: https://t.co/4rBJf3DgSh
Unfortunately, our public school enrollments don't reflect this diversity. https://t.co/E9qhfcnldk
Great point... One might ask why MD's Governor - the person that's been the chief executive of the state for the last SEVEN years - has allowed this situation to persist in his state's schools. Expressing disbelief doesn't solve the problem. Solving the actual problem does. https://t.co/9dNKYiWMBu