Dr. Sonja Santelises on Funding the Future of Baltimore City Schools

On today’s show, Tom is joined Dr. Sonja Santelises, the CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools. As the City School Board considers the budget for the 2018-19 school year, we discuss some of the provisions within the proposal. This budget does not call for any teacher layoffs, but does call for cuts to Charter Schools. There is an increase in literacy coaching, and the overall budget has been developed to combat shrinking enrollment, a persistent problem that speaks to the larger challenges of the city in attracting and keeping young families.Email us at [email protected], tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.