Last night, more than 2,000 students, parents, educators, and other community members joined a rally organized by the OSI-funded Baltimore Education Coalition, demand that state and local officials fix the $190 million gap in funding for Baltimore City Public Schools. Mayor Pugh, addressing the crowd, said that on Monday, she will announce a plan to do just that, though she did not provide any details.
The rally received wide-ranging media attention:
- “Fix the gap”: Baltimore teachers rally in Annapolis as budget shortfall looms (Fox 45)
- Pugh tells crowd rallying in Annapolis that she has a Baltimore schools budget plan (The Baltimore Sun)
- Large Crowd Rally in Annapolis Amid City Schools Budget Shortfall (WJZ 13 CBS)
- Thousands call on state to fill $130M deficit at Baltimore schools (WBAL 11 NBC)
- Rallies continue over BCPS budget deficit (WMAR 2 ABC)
- Thousands rally to fix the budget gap for Baltimore City Schools (WMAR 2 ABC)
- As Baltimore Police Spending Spikes, Baltimore Students Protest to Fix School Budget Gap (The Real News)
- Baltimore City Schools facing $130 million shortfall (WMAR 2 ABC)
- Don’t panic over Baltimore schools budget (opinion, the Baltimore Sun)
