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Education investigative reporter for The Baltimore Banner. Politico, Inquirer, CalMatters, Mercury News, Star-Ledger alum. Proud NJ native. Yoga teacher.
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More Maryland kids are coming to school in pull-ups. Teachers are told to help.

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By Jessica Calefati Verified, Maya Lora Verified
| The Baltimore Banner Verified
Educators responsible for Anne Arundel County’s youngest learners must help them use the potty if they don’t know how. A policy that takes effectthis fall instructs teachers and staff who work with kids in pre-K and kindergarten to help them put on underwear, diapers and pull-ups; sit on and get off the toilet or changing table; and cleanse afterwardif they can’t do it themselves. Some of those students have special needs, while plenty of others do not.
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After a rocky search, community leaders ready to back new Baltimore County superintendent

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By Kristen Griffith Verified, Jessica Calefati Verified
| The Baltimore Banner Verified
Baltimore County school groups are ready to embrace their new superintendent, even if some don‚Äôt like how he was chosen. The school board on Wednesday night formally selected William ‚ÄúBill‚ÄĚ Heiser, the chief operating officer of Anne Arundel County‚Äôs school system, to lead the Baltimore County district after a lightning-speed search process that some critics said left out key voices. Tiffany Frempong was the only board member to vote against Heiser‚Äôs appointment.
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Anne Arundel County must delay redistricting of Crofton schools, judge rules

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By Jessica Calefati Verified
| The Baltimore Banner Verified
An Anne Arundel County judge on Monday disrupted the school system’s plan to redistrict some Crofton students this fall — at least for now. Parents who oppose the redistricting plan formed a nonprofit and challenged their school district in court. The circuit court judge who considered their arguments granted a stay that temporarily blocks the district from reassigning their children to new schools.
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