Every month this school year, BMORE will be placing a spotlight on a different PSRP (Paraprofessional & School Related Personnel, "para") to highlight their amazing work. PSRPs are leaders who make classrooms go, and are the most underappreciated educators in Baltimore City Public Schools. The third in our series is Deborah Knowles, an office assistant at Patterson High School who also serves as the BTU building representative for Patterson’s PSRP members. Ms. Knowles has bee

On October 30th, BMORE's constitutional amendment to make voting more accessible was voted on at a BTU general membership meeting. Overall, 58% of attendees voted in favor and 42% voted against. Since a constitutional amendment requires a 2/3 approval from both chapters, and we only met that threshold for the teacher chapter, the amendment was not adopted. After the animated and heated meeting, Physical Education teacher at Southwest Baltimore Charter School, Brad "Coach" Hun