As Maryland public schools start fall classes, should we trust them?

Lillie Ellis has lost trust in Maryland schools. Fresh from the funeral of a 16-year-old shot to death in Annapolis last month, she asked the Anne Arundel County school board Wednesday to approve a new charter school, hoping to reach more brown and Black students. “As an active and involved community member, it has been a painful journey over the last 15 years watching former students go to jail or die in the streets where they live,” Ellis said, reading carefully from her written statement.