The Baltimore City Public School System (BCPSS) is a public school district in the state of Maryland, United States, that serves the youth in the city of Baltimore (in distinction to the county of Baltimore).
The BCPSS was part of the Baltimore City Government since 1829, but became separate from the government in 1997 when partial control was ceded to the state in exchange for increased funding. Now, the mayor and the governor jointly appoint th...
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The Baltimore City Public School System (BCPSS) is a public school district in the state of Maryland, United States, that serves the youth in the city of Baltimore (in distinction to the county of Baltimore).
The BCPSS was part of the Baltimore City Government since 1829, but became separate from the government in 1997 when partial control was ceded to the state in exchange for increased funding. Now, the mayor and the governor jointly appoint the school board that oversees the system. The school system is currently run by CEO Dr. Andres Alonso appointed by the school board in the summer of 2007, Dr. Alonso officially began work on July 1, 2007. Dr. Alonzo comes from the New York City Department of Education, where he served as deputy chancellor to the current chancellor Joel I. Klein.
The BCPSS was desegregated in 1954 following the ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States in Brown v. Board of Education. Limited desegregation had already happened with the Baltimore...
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