Baltimore City school board Chair Cheryl Casciani promised a tense crowd at North Avenue on Tuesday night that the school board meeting would proceed as a “normal business meeting.” It was anything but that.
Hundreds of irate and concerned parents, teachers and students crowded into the city school system’s headquarters last night to share their indignation about broken heating systems and disrupted water service that shuttered schools and put Baltimore in the national spotlight this past week.
Some carried signs outside protesting the school system’s management of facilities. The crowd inside was sizable enough that many were moved to several overflow rooms on the third floor. One conference room was filled with at least 100 people.
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