Charles County candidate with arrest record appears to lose election bid

Julie Brown, the Charles County school board candidate, was tied to multiple shoplifting arrests in recent years.

Late vote count topples five conservative school board candidates

Of the 41 socially conservative candidates from across Maryland who ran for school board, 25 appear to be on their way to winning, according to our analysis.

Court records tie Charles County school board candidate to multiple arrests

CNS reporters did routine background checks on all 155 school board candidates in Maryland, and when an online records search turned up cases of interest, CNS personnel traveled to county courthouses to obtain the full court records.

Twelve Maryland school board candidates have faced tax liens

Capital News Service reporters scoured the state court records of every school board candidate in the state, and tax liens were the most common court record found.

Book banning resonates as an issue in Maryland school board races

Socially conservative school board candidates who want to remove books dealing with gender identity, racism and other socially sensitive topics from school library shelves are running in at least 11 of Maryland’s 23 counties, but they are in the minority.

Board candidates praise school resource officers – but there’s no proof they make schools safer

In a recent survey conducted by the Capital News Service, 34 school board candidates across the state cited school resource officers as the key to school safety.

Disparate Maryland school board candidates united on teacher shortage concerns

The nationwide post-pandemic teacher shortage is an issue throughout Maryland for a reason. The Maryland State Department of Education reported that in the 2021-2022 school year, an average of 10% of teachers did not return.

School board candidates cite learning loss, student performance as biggest issues

The most important issue facing Maryland’s schools isn’t their approach to race or the kinds of books students can check out of school libraries, according to many local school board candidates.