More than 100 parents, teachers, students and concerned Baltimore residents packed into the Paul Laurence Dunbar High School cafeteria Monday night to say their piece and field questions directly to Baltimore City Public Schools brass about facilities failures, school funding and a range of other issues.
Even as the mood grew palpably tense, and as three-minute time limits for speakers quickly crumbled, parents and school system higher-ups took advantage of a rare platform to speak face-to-face and confront — or at least connect about — their issues.
“If that were me sitting there holding that same letter for one of my girls, I would be just as frustrated,” said City Schools CEO Dr. Sonja Santelises, addressing a parent with concerns about her child’s test scores.
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