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Carroll County Public Schools announced Monday that Cynthia A. McCabe has been selected as the finalist for superintendent. McCabe has served as CCPS chief of schools since 2019. McCabe was the school system’s director of elementary schools from 2011 until she was elevated by Superintendent Steve Lockard to chief of schools. In this role, McCabe supported principals and the directors of elementary, middle, and high schools. This position also supervises student services and the technology services department.

Baltimore officials are seeking public feedback as they look to redraw longstanding police district lines for the first time in more than 50 years. The current boundaries of the city’s nine police districts were set in 1959, Mayor Brandon M. Scott (D) said at a Friday news conference. He called the police precinct redistricting “long overdue.” Baltimore had a population of 585,708 at the 2020 decennial census, according to the United States Census Bureau. In 1960, that figure was 939,024. While the city’s population has seen an overall decline since then, some neighborhoods have grown in recent years.

The Maryland State Police is joining agencies across the country in a national campaign aimed at keeping first responders safe. The initiative is meant to raise awareness about the “move over” law. This comes as an expansion to the state’s law, which will soon be in place this fall. “With people flying by at 55, 60, 70,80 miles an hour—not ideal circumstances for anybody, let alone first responders,” Maryland State Police spokesperson Ron Snyder said. Every day, thousands of law enforcement officers and first responders put their lives at risk as they take to the streets to help keep their communities safe, Snyder said.

Frederick County will grant $300,000 to benefit a volunteer-based ride-share partnership between the nonprofits Good Works Frederick and the United Way of Frederick County, County Executive Jan Gardner, D, announced Thursday. Good Works Frederick will receive the full grant amount and pass along $50,000 to United Way as part of the partnership. Funding will be used to reimburse volunteer drivers for their gas and mileage and will offset some scheduling and administrative costs, said Good Works Frederick founder Ed Hinde.

The Talbot County Council proposed a $112.6 million budget for fiscal year 2023, with allocations to maintain core services and address needed improvements while also keeping a healthy fund balance for future economic uncertainties. The proposed budget, presented at a public hearing on May 3, will continue to provide for workforce stability, investments in capital projects, and improvements to infrastructure, public safety, education and other general services, said County Manager Clay Stamp.

The family of a student who died in 2019 after he choked on a thin rubber glove has reached a $2.5 million agreement with the Anne Arundel County Board of Education. The settlement marks the end of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Bowen Levy in January 2021. The family argued the school system knew Bowen was autistic and had pica, a disorder causing a propensity to chew or eat nonfood items, but it failed to keep nonedible items out of his reach and properly staff his classroom.