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A Baltimore school told its immigrant families they were safe. Then ICE came to campus.

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By Maya Lora Verified
| The Baltimore Banner Verified
The seventh grader barely touched the vanilla slushie her teachers ordered to replace the drink she abandoned inside her parents’ battered SUV.
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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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How on-site daycare helps close the graduation gap for Baltimore’s teen moms

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By Maya Lora Verified
| The Baltimore Banner Verified
Prom was scheduled under the bright afternoon sun, but Rylee Pinkney Barnwell came dolled up for a traditional evening affair, her toenails painted red to match the embellishments on her pint-size date’s suit. Rylee wore a floor-length black gown, and her 1-year-old son, Ramire, a tiny bowtie. They posed for photos on a staircase, then strutted down a red carpet hand in hand into the “baby prom” that Rylee helped organize. Rylee attends Excel Academy at Francis M.
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