January 12th, 2023 by WCBC Radio

Public meetings to provide information about the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future and how it is being developed locally will be held tonight at  Mountain Ridge, January 17 at Fort Hill, and January 18 at Allegany high schools. Each meeting will begin at 5 p.m.  The Blueprint legislation, passed in 2021, includes an annual $3.8 billion funding increase over the next 10 years aimed to improve education in public schools. Major goals of the legislation are to improve Maryland’s early childhood, primary and secondary education to the levels of high-performing systems around the world, and establish a career ladder system for educators as they gain expertise. Superintendent Jeff Blank says the objective of the stakeholder meetings is to gather feedback and answer questions prior to the development of a draft plan…