Baltimore City Public Schools Leaders Join PCAB for a Special Public Session About Covid Response

 On January 13, 2022, Baltimore City Public School leaders Cleo Hirsch, Alison Perkins-Cohen, Andre Riley, Lynette Washington, and Sharicca Bolden joined a special session to discuss the new COVID protocol released earlier in the week. To review a copy of the presentation, please click here. 

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