Schools want a conversation about youth violence in Annapolis. Let’s talk.

Mark Bedell wants a conversation about youth violence in Annapolis. The superintendent of Anne Arundel County Public Schools, he started it off last week, talking about nine homicides in the city this year — some of them involving teenage boys — and recent fights at Annapolis High. “We can’t be the greatest educational institution and the greatest social services institution. You can’t be great at both of them,” Bedell said.