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Tag: school safety

Lock Your Guns or Live With the Consequences

By MDBayNews Staff There are two truths that responsible gun owners should be able to say out loud without hesitation: The...

Michael Phillips
February 21, 2026

After Wootton Shooting, AI Safety Program Rolls Out — Let’s Hope It’s Smarter Than Baltimore’s

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews In the wake of this week’s shooting at Thomas S. Wootton High School, Montgomery County...

Michael Phillips
February 12, 2026

Brenda M. Diaz Calls for Return of School Resource Officers in MCPS

By MDBayNews Staff As Montgomery County Public Schools continues to grapple with student safety concerns following the...

Staff Writer
February 12, 2026

At Thomas S. Wootton High School, Who Was the Aggressor?

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews As more details emerge in the shooting at Thomas S. Wootton High School, a central claim is...

Michael Phillips
February 12, 2026

Maryland Lawmakers Debate Arming School Resource Officers as Safety Measure

By MDBayNews Staff Maryland lawmakers are once again confronting a difficult question at the intersection of school safety,...

Michael Phillips
February 10, 2026

When Warnings Are Ignored: The Wootton Shooting and a System That Failed to Protect Students

By MDBayNews Staff Update (2-11-26): Speculation continues online regarding whether any student involved was wearing a...

Michael Phillips
February 10, 2026

Wootton High School Shooting Raises Hard Questions About School Safety—and Calls to Remove Police

By MDBayNews Staff A shooting inside Thomas S. Wootton High School on Tuesday afternoon left one student wounded and sent...

Michael Phillips
February 10, 2026

Are Maryland Schools Following Their Own Safety Protocols? An Investigative Review of Systemic Compliance Failures

Education Watch – MDBayNewsInvestigative Report Maryland law requires schools to follow strict safety protocols designed...

Michael Phillips
November 23, 2025

Doritos, Drones, and Doubt: Baltimore’s AI Safety Experiment Just Pointed a Gun at Common Sense

In the age of artificial intelligence, it seems even a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos can get you held at gunpoint. That’s...

Michael Phillips
October 24, 2025

Anne Arundel County Schools Put Girls Last with Bathroom Policy

A follower sent us this photo from Old Mill High School in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Hanging in the girls’ bathroom...

Michael Phillips
September 4, 2025

Preferential Protection: Baltimore’s Double Standard on School Security

Once again, Chris Papst and the Project Baltimore team at Fox45 News have pulled back the curtain on hypocrisy inside...

Michael Phillips
September 4, 2025

Maryland’s School Safety Theater: Layers of Bureaucracy, Little Real Protection

Maryland politicians love to tell parents that our children are safe in their classrooms. They’ll point to pages of...

Michael Phillips
August 28, 2025

Maryland Schools Open the Year With Mold: Another Failure of Wes Moore’s Priorities

As Maryland students filed back into classrooms for the 2025–26 school year, many parents weren’t worried about test...

Michael Phillips
August 26, 2025

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