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50-650: Baltimore City Community College dates its origins to the Baltimore Junior College ( BJC ), founded as part of the Baltimore City Public Schools system in 1947 to provide post-high school education for returning World War II (1939/1941–1945) veteran soldiers and officers known as the Veterans Institute and was the inspiration of Harry Bard , its later dominant president and alumnus of the BCC. It

100-464: A 3.0 cumulative grade point average based on a 4.0 scale. Applicants should also have at least a combined total SAT score of 1000 (Math and Writing only) or at least a composite score of 21 on the ACT. [1] Baltimore City Public Schools Baltimore City Public Schools ( BCPS ), also referred to as Baltimore City Public School System ( BCPSS ) or City Schools , is a public school district in

150-500: A four-year college or university to pursue, at a minimum, a bachelor's degree in any discipline. Once they graduate from BCCC, scholars may receive a full or partial scholarship to attend Morgan State University. The purpose of the GTW program is to challenge students at a higher level and to create an environment of interdependence which should lead to greater successful outcomes. Applicants must be residents of Baltimore City and have at least

200-539: A public protest over issues related to remedial courses and governance. In 2010, faculty gave BCCC president Williams a vote of no-confidence and the state legislature held back funding. These troubles worsened in 2011. BCCC's regional accreditor, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, placed BCCC on probation because of "concerns about the school's ability to evaluate student learning." To address these problems, Maryland governor Martin O'Malley replaced

250-558: A result of its late 19th century curriculum of 5 and 6 years encompassing an early program combining both high school and early college education. By 1959, the Baltimore Junior College had outgrown its sharing of the BCC "castle" and campus on 33rd Street and had relocated to a park-like campus of its own in the northwest city along Liberty Heights Avenue nearby the newly constructed huge popular Mondawmin Mall which both had replaced

300-479: A sight-seeing observation level of the surrounding residential neighborhoods and five mile distant downtown skyline and harbor to the south, also coincidentally housed the first studio and transmitting antenna for the school's public radio radio station WBJC-FM broadcasting programs across the metro area. BCC (also known as "City"), was a specialized academic magnet secondary school for the arts, humanities and social sciences, and had acquired its distinctive name as

350-535: A standing committee for consideration and a public hearing. The president pro tempore appoints majority and minority whips and leaders. A bill is a proposal to change, repeal, or add to existing state law. A House Bill (HB) is one introduced in the House of Delegates (for example: HB 6); a Senate Bill (SB), in the Senate. Bills are designated by number, in the order of introduction in each house. For example, HB 16 refers to

400-629: A state ruled by the Palatine lord , Lord Baltimore. As ruler, Lord Baltimore owned directly all of the land granted in the charter, and possessed absolute authority over his domain. However, as elsewhere in British North America, British political institutions were re-created in the colonies, and the Maryland General Assembly fulfilled much the same function as the House of Commons . An act

450-563: Is currently run by CEO Sonja Santelises. The "Baltimore Association for the Moral and Intellectual Improvement of the Colored People" was an organization that aimed to improve the education of African Americans in Baltimore. It was founded on November 28, 1864 by a group of white men. Operation of its schools was taken over by the city in 1867. City Schools were desegregated in 1954 following

500-422: Is loaned to scholars to keep during their participation in the program. Upon completion, the computer is awarded to the graduates. During the summer, scholars are given the opportunity to study abroad and participate in internships. The program is designed to attract and prepare high-achieving students primarily from Baltimore City Public Schools. Scholars who are selected for the program are expected to transfer to

550-650: Is on Liberty Heights Avenue, located west of The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore . In addition to classes and student services, the Liberty Main Campus provides services including childcare, a library, and a fitness center. The Downtown Harbor campus is located on Market Place in the Inner Harbor . This campus holds the Business and Continuing Education division. The Reisterstown Road Plaza Campus houses additional classroom space. The Life Sciences Institute started in 1987,

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600-469: Is one of the nation's oldest and foremost community college biotechnology training programs. In 2009, it was moved to one of the nation's top research campuses at University of Maryland 's BioPark. There is also a National Weatherization Training Center is located in East Baltimore on East Preston Street. The center is one of only 26 U.S. Department of Energy National Weatherization Training Centers and

650-639: Is submitted by the State Central Committee of the same political party as the legislator whose seat is to be filled. The current pattern for distribution of seats began with the legislative apportionment plan of 1972 and has been revised every ten years thereafter according to the results of the decennial U.S. Census . A Constitutional amendment, the plan created 47 legislative districts, many of which cross county boundaries to delineate districts relatively equal in population. Each legislative district elects one senator and three delegates. In most districts,

700-646: The U.S. state of Maryland that convenes within the State House in Annapolis . It is a bicameral body : the upper chamber , the Maryland Senate , has 47 representatives, and the lower chamber , the Maryland House of Delegates , has 141 representatives. Members of both houses serve four-year terms. Each house elects its own officers, judges the qualifications and election of its own members, establishes rules for

750-604: The 2010–11 school year there were approximately 83,634 in the entire school system (non-charter and charter). The projected operating budget for the 2011 school year is $ 1.23 billion. This suggests that the per student spending including charter schools is $ 14,707. From March 1, 2006 to March 4, 2006, City Schools students from high schools across Baltimore City held a three-day student strike to oppose an imminent plan to "consolidate" many area high schools into fewer buildings. The school system asserted that these buildings are underutilized. The students and other advocates assert that

800-493: The Arts , a public high school that is nationally recognized for its success in preparing students for the arts; Carver Vocational-Technical High School , the first African-American vocational high school and center established in the state of Maryland; Digital Harbor High School , one of the only secondary schools that emphasizes in information technology; Frederick Douglass High School , the second oldest African-American High School in

850-535: The General Assembly adjourned early on March 18, 2020, for the first time since the Civil War . Each senator or delegate must be a U.S. citizen and a resident of Maryland for at least one year preceding his or her election. A prospective legislator must have resided in the legislative district the candidate seeks to represent for the six months prior to election. A senator must be at least twenty-five years of age at

900-565: The State of Maryland threatening to take over 11 City schools. On April 8, 2007 The Baltimore Sun ' s Sara Neufeld stated in an article that the Baltimore City Public School budget was full of errors. A recent poll conducted by The Baltimore Sun and Annapolis pollster OpinionWorks July 8–10, 2007 recently revealed Baltimore citizens grim opinion of the system. Asked to grade the Baltimore public schools, 2 percent of respondents gave

950-629: The Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Board of School Commissioners was ceded to the State of Maryland in exchange for increased funding and an expanded partnership. Now, the Mayor solely appoints the revamped Board of School Commissioners (School Board) that oversees the BCPS system, and which in turn interviews and hires the C.E.O. (Chief Executive Officer) and C.A.O. (Chief Academic Officer). The school system

1000-562: The United States; Lake Clifton Eastern High School ; the largest school campus of physical size in Baltimore City; Baltimore City College , the third oldest public high school in the country; Western High School , the oldest public all-girls high school in the nation; and Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, a public high school ranked 36th in STEM in the country in 2019 by Newsweek that shares

1050-399: The basin with its piers, docks, warehouses, cranes etc. of port facilities more unused and declining which were adjacent to center city skyscrapers, office buildings and commercial businesses along the streets. The newly renamed Inner Harbor in the late 1950s was eventually added with Bard's dream of an educational institution closer to the residential areas of East and Southeast Baltimore and

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1100-402: The budget is not being carefully monitored. The severe budget cuts led to a thin staff working overtime, leading to high overtime wage earnings. Along with this, Dr. Andres Alonso 's driver earned double his salary in overtime, making his pay in the previous year higher than Governor Martin O'Malley 's. On November 27, 2012, Dr. Andres Alonso announced a 10-Year Plan which, pending approval of

1150-545: The city of Baltimore , state of Maryland , United States . It serves the youth of Baltimore City (in distinction to the separate and "younger" public school system (district) for the surrounding separate county of Baltimore , known as the Baltimore County Public Schools [BCoPS]). Traditionally, however, the Baltimore City Public Schools system has not referred to itself as a "district," as

1200-405: The city temporarily ended the deficit and City Schools paid the loan back over a two-year period. Criticism of the system still takes place with regard to the awarding of "emergency" contracts. In 2011, Baltimore City Public Schools had the second-highest per student cost among the nation's 100 largest school districts according to the U.S. Census Bureau, spending $ 15,483 per student per year. In

1250-521: The colonial Assembly ceased to exist, and was replaced by its modern successor. Starting in 1867, the Assembly became increasingly unrepresentative. As the population of Baltimore increased, it and other urban areas were not granted additional seats. By 1918, the city's population had increased 175% while the entire state gained only 46% with no reallocation of political power. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic ,

1300-519: The conduct of its business, and may punish or expel its own members. The General Assembly convenes its legislative session for 90 days each year to act on more than 2,300 bills including the state's annual budget, which it must pass before adjourning sine die . The General Assembly's 446th session convened on January 10, 2024. The forerunner of the Maryland General Assembly was the colonial institution, an Assembly of Free Marylanders (and also Council of Maryland). Maryland's foundational charter created

1350-616: The former George Brown estate and mansion, one of the last open spaces in northwestern Baltimore. Around the same time, BJC was separated from the Baltimore City Public Schools and became a distinct entity of the City of Baltimore municipal government structure and with an independent president of the Junior College who was not also the principal of the Baltimore City College (high school) such as previously Chester H. Katzenkamp. In 1967,

1400-471: The growth of present-day "community colleges" in numerous cities/towns and counties all across America. This new type of college comprising the first two years of freshmen and sophomores with awarding an associate's instead of a bachelor's degree/diploma, was designed to serve and meet the academic and especially vocational and trade/job training of the intermediate needs between the high schools and large colleges and universities. The BJC for its first decade of

1450-569: The late 1940s and 1950s was located on the third floor of the Baltimore City College , third oldest public high school in America located at 33rd Street and The Alameda in the northeast city in its landmark 1926–1928 "Castle on the Hill" massive stone structure of Collegiate Gothic style architecture surmounted by a distinctive 150 feet high tower. The symbolic gray stone tower besides providing

1500-539: The legislative process significantly. The President and the Speaker appoint the members of most committees and name their chairs and vice-chairs, except in the case of the Joint Committee on Investigation whose members elect their own officers. The President and Speaker preside over the daily sessions of their respective chambers, maintaining decorum and deciding points of order. As legislation is introduced, they assign it to

1550-586: The major part of them ... shall think good. In addition, the Lord Proprietor could summon any delegates whom he desired. In 1639, noting that Parliament had not been summoned in England for a decade, the free men of Maryland passed an act to the effect that "assemblies were to be called once in every three years at the least", ensuring that their voices would be regularly heard. During the American Revolution

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1600-409: The majority of BCCC's board of trustees with new members. In 2012, two years after the faculty's initial vote of no confidence, the board of trustees removed Carolane Williams as president of the college. The interim president was Dr Carolyn Hull Anderson, followed by president and CEO, Gordon F. May. In the summer of 2014 BCCC was warned by the Middle States Commission that the college's accreditation

1650-531: The middle of the 1970s, Harry Bard's ideal of a second additional campus on a tight city block in a high-rise tower in the envisioning of a revitalized downtown surrounding the former "Basin" of the Northwest Branch of the Patapsco River and Baltimore Harbor and Port facilities which were gradually moving further downstream along shores with greater spaces and anchorage depths. This industrial movement left

1700-509: The name of the school was changed as the title of "Baltimore Junior College" was dropped and was renamed as the Community College of Baltimore ( CCB ) in order to not be confused with the older City College, now exclusively a secondary school and acquire the new name increasingly being used across the nation by similar growing numbers of institutions known for several decades as junior colleges or city colleges but now as Community College. By

1750-564: The only one in Maryland. Since 1951, the college has operated WBJC radio station. It is an FM , non-commercial, station at 91.5 MHz that broadcasts classical music and arts information programming nearly 24 hours daily all week. The station studios and office is located in northwest Baltimore, Maryland and the antenna is near the junction of I-695 and Reisterstown Road . The station's 50,000 watt signal reaches more than 180,000 listeners weekly across Maryland, Washington, DC and portions of

1800-468: The operation of the schools was synonymous with the city of Baltimore. Its headquarters are located on 200 East North Avenue at North Calvert Street in the Dr. Alice G. Pinderhughes Administration Building. The local school district that is situated within a county-equivalent level area of an independent city . In 2012, it is currently the fourth largest school system in Maryland. In the 2014–15 school year,

1850-402: The reason the extra space exists in these buildings is because class sizes often are about 40 students per class. Martin J. O'Malley , then-mayor of Baltimore, apparently gave an ear to the students' demands in this latest round of strike actions, fearing it could affect his status with the general public in a gubernatorial election year. The end of March saw a change in the balance of power, with

1900-592: The ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States in Brown v. Board of Education . Limited desegregation had already happened with the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute being forced to admit African-American students on its prestigious "A" course in 1952, as none of the black schools in Baltimore offered an equal or equivalent course. High schools that have been well known include Baltimore School for

1950-403: The school board, will lead to the closing of four elementary/middle schools following the 2012–2013 school year, as well as the closing of thirteen additional schools over the next five years. The plan also includes proposals for renovating and relocating the schools not being affected by closures. Maryland General Assembly The Maryland General Assembly is the state legislature of

2000-431: The second-oldest high school football rivalry with Baltimore City College. In late 2003, City Schools was discovered to be in a severe fiscal crisis, with a deficit estimated to be anywhere from $ 54–64 million (depending on the reporting source). As a means of reducing the gap, extensive layoffs of teachers and staff took place and new controls were enacted to ensure that spending was more closely monitored. A loan from

2050-447: The sixteenth bill introduced in the House of Delegates. The numbering starts afresh each session. The names of the sponsor (and co-sponsors, if any), the legislator who introduced the bill, becomes part of the title. Bills listed as "The Speaker (By Request of Administration)", "The President (By Request of Administration)", "Minority Leader (By Request of Administration)", or "Committee Chair (By Request of Department)" are bills proposed by

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2100-468: The student enrollment is approximately 84,000 students. It also maintains 1 pre-k/kindergarten school , 54 elementary schools , 75 K-8 schools , 7 middle schools , 15 secondary schools , 28 high schools , 1 K-12 school , and 7 alternative programs . City Schools was part of the Baltimore City Government since 1829, but became separate from the government in 1997 when partial control by

2150-691: The surrounding states. BCCC is a member of the Maryland Junior College Athletic Conference which belongs to Region XX (20) of the National Junior College Athletic Association . BCCC athletes compete in men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country. Exclusive to BCCC students, the Granville T. Woods (GTW) Scholars Program awards select students with a full scholarship to pay for tuition, fees, and books. A state-of-the-art notebook computer

2200-569: The system an A; 10 percent gave it a B; 32 percent chose C; 22 percent D; and 20 percent Fail, with 15 percent unsure. If the system were assigned a mean grade-point average based on the poll, it would be a 1.45, the equivalent of about a D-plus". A December 2010 article in The New York Times characterizes the school system as having improved under the leadership of Dr. Alonso. A March 2012 article in The Baltimore Sun illustrates how

2250-462: The three delegates are elected at large from the whole district via block voting . However, in some more sparsely populated areas of the state, the districts are divided into subdistricts for the election of delegates: either into three one-delegate subdistricts or one two-delegate subdistrict and one one-delegate subdistrict. The Senate is led by a President and the House by a Speaker whose respective duties and prerogatives enable them to influence

2300-455: The time of election and a delegate at least twenty-one. Military officers other than members of the reserves are not eligible for election to the General Assembly. Each term lasts four years. However, members of the General Assembly are not term-limited . If a vacancy occurs in either house through death, resignation, or disqualification, the Governor of Maryland appoints a replacement whose name

2350-460: Was also one of the earliest examples of the growing " junior college " (also with some known as "city colleges" especially in California ) an educational advancement movement which had roots in several early public high schools / secondary schools and small colleges and institutes in the post- Civil War (1861–1865) era and regained popularity at the beginning of the 20th century and has resulted in

2400-432: Was in jeopardy. MSCHE reaffirmed its accreditation on June 25, 2015. In 2015 NASA selected BCCC and four other higher education institutions to share in $ 6 million as part of its Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP), an initiative that aims to provide educator training and expand science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) course offerings. BCCC has five major locations. The main campus of BCCC

2450-501: Was passed providing that: from henceforth and for ever everyone being of the council of the Province and any other gentleman of able judgement summoned by writ (and the Lord of every Manor within this Province after Manors be erected) shall and may have his voice, seat, and place in every General Assembly ... together with two or more able and sufficient men for the hundred as the said freedmen or

2500-623: Was realized later with the construction of two buildings along East Lombard Street by Market Place, to the north across East Pratt Street from Piers 5 and 6. These were later named the Bard and Lockwood Buildings. On July 1, 1990, the Maryland General Assembly created a new public college, New Community College of Baltimore . It was renamed Baltimore City Community College in 1992. In the 2000s, BCCC began to experience significant difficulties. Problems began to surface in 2004 when faculty held

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