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BOOST funding preserved by Maryland lawmakers – Catholic Review
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Because the legislative session in Annapolis nears its conclusion, lawmakers have struck a deal to maintain alive a scholarship program that helps youngsters from low-income households attend Catholic and different nonpublic colleges in Maryland.
Main lawmakers within the Normal Meeting agreed March 31 to fund the BOOST (Broadening Choices and Alternatives for College students At the moment) Scholarship program at $9 million – $1 million greater than had been proposed by Gov. Wes Moore, however $1 million lower than final yr.
They eradicated budgetary language included by the Democratic governor that might have phased out this system by limiting future recipients to present BOOST students and their siblings.
Lawmakers additionally added $2.5 million within the funds for nursing and college safety at BOOST-participating colleges.
Individually, public colleges will profit from an infusion of $900 million to assist the “Blueprint for Maryland’s Future,” geared toward enhancing public training.
“We’re extremely grateful for the continued funding of the BOOST program and likewise for eradicating any sort of phase-out language,” stated Dr. Donna Hargens, superintendent of Catholic colleges for the Archdiocese of Baltimore. “Meaning our college students – and new college students – will have the ability to apply to this system and entry Catholic training with the assist of the BOOST scholarship.”
Senate President Invoice Ferguson, a Baltimore Democrat and a number one BOOST supporter, was a key negotiator on funding this system. In a March 31 information convention, he hailed strong state spending on public colleges whereas additionally highlighting funding for BOOST.
Maryland will need to have a “nice system of public colleges,” Ferguson stated, which helps the state be “economically aggressive.”
“And we even have the chance to spend money on establishments and, most significantly, into dad and mom and to youngsters in order that they’ve the chance and the benefit to have the ability to maximize their potential in a special surroundings ought to that be their selection,” he stated.
The senate president launched representatives from space nonpublic colleges together with Gregory Butler, an eighth-grade pupil at Mom Mary Lange Catholic College in Baltimore, and Nefertari Lee, whose two sons acquired a Catholic training at Calvert Corridor School Excessive College in Towson with the assistance of BOOST scholarships.
Lee stated her ardour is to ensure dad and mom are conscious of this system and proceed to use.
She known as BOOST an “invaluable program” and a “lifeline” that “modifications lives” and helps youngsters thrive.
Garrett O’Day, deputy director of the Maryland Catholic Convention, famous that members of the Maryland BOOST Scholarship Coalition and the Catholic Advocacy Community labored exhausting in assist of the BOOST program.
“The hundreds of emails and calls they made in assist of BOOST, together with college students who lobbied their elected officers throughout Non-Public College Advocacy Day, made a giant distinction,” O’Day stated.
Hargens, the Baltimore Catholic colleges superintendent, stated it will likely be vital for advocates to proceed inviting lawmakers to go to nonpublic colleges to see for themselves the affect BOOST has on lives.
“Generally we consider numbers on a web page,” Hargens stated, “however you need to speak to who advantages from the expenditure and from the chance to use for a BOOST scholarship.”
Nonpublic college advocates had labored unsuccessfully this yr to codify BOOST into regulation to forestall this system from annual budgetary wrestling matches. Hargens hopes these efforts will likely be renewed subsequent legislative session.
“If it was in regulation, then we wouldn’t should proceed to advocate for it – it might be assured,” stated Hargens, noting that many Catholic college households couldn’t afford Catholic training with out BOOST. “We’ve already began considering of how we are able to attain out within the subsequent legislative session. Definitely, we welcome legislators to return to our colleges to talk to our college students, our dad and mom and our directors.”
Within the 2021-22 tutorial yr, there have been 3,268 BOOST scholarship recipients. Their common family revenue was $35,488 and 56 % have been from minority communities. All have been eligible totally free or diminished lunches.
Within the Archdiocese of Baltimore, there are greater than 700 BOOST scholarship recipients this yr at archdiocesan and impartial Catholic colleges.
E mail George Matysek at gmatysek@CatholicReview.org
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Maryland issues a new suicide prevention action plan for schools, families – WTOP News
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Suicide is the third leading cause of death for young people between the ages of 10 and 24 in Maryland. That’s according to a new suicide prevention action plan produced through the state’s Department of Health.
Suicide is the third leading cause of death for young people between the ages of 10 and 24 in Maryland. That’s according to a new suicide prevention action plan produced through the state’s Department of Health.
Scott Poland, the director of the Office of Suicide and Violence Prevention at Nova Southeastern University College of Psychology, talked to WTOP about the action plan he authored with his wife, Donna, who is a career educator.
The “Maryland Action Plan to Prevent Suicide in K-12 Schools” serves as a reference guide to school administrators and the community, and was developed in cooperation with the state health department’s Office of Suicide Prevention.
Poland said one thing that surprises people is that children as young as 8 years old may consider taking their own lives.
“I hear from school personnel all around the country (asking if they) have to take it seriously (if a fourth or fifth grader is talking about suicide). And the answer is absolutely yes,” Poland said.
Among the data points in the action plan is a survey of students in the “Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey of 2021/2022.” According to that survey, 21% of high school students “seriously considered suicide” in the past year, and 27% of middle schoolers considered suicide at some point in their lives.
Poland said it’s important to talk about suicide with young people, and that the idea that talking about it might encourage a young person to consider suicide is a “myth.”
“When we actually bring it up, it gives someone a chance to unburden themselves, to realize that they’re not alone, that there are alternatives and that there is help available,” Poland said.
But he said young people are most susceptible to imitating suicidal behavior: “It is important that we not glorify the suicide victim.”
Instead, Poland said, the emphasis after a suicide should be on healing those affected and helping them find appropriate ways to deal with their emotions and mental health.
The plan released this week includes providing intervention action plans for a young person who may be considering suicide.
“Part of that, of course, is removing lethal means and developing a written safety plan with them,” he said.
Poland said that can include helping people understand “the importance of calling 988, doing things that can calm themselves down,” and reaching out to the nearest trusted adult.
People can reach the national resource for crisis response services and suicide prevention by dialing 988.
Poland said social media is “wreaking havoc” on children’s emotional well-being, often making them feel “not smart enough, not rich enough, not good enough.” Poland said he’s currently working with the state of South Dakota on developing tools to help “young people be a little more mindful and make better decisions about their screen time.”
Poland said parents can help — when it comes to the hours and hours that many people spend online — by modeling healthy amounts of screen time themselves. And he said adults need to think about how they introduce technology to their kids.
“We’re in too (much of) a hurry to give kids smartphones and 24-hour internet access,” Poland said.
“I really have to compliment Maryland,” Poland said, on coming up with the new plan.
Poland said Maryland does not have an especially high rate of suicide, but “I think we all recognize that losing one young person to suicide is one too many.”
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Getting to know Michigan State football’s Week 2 opponent: Maryland
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Game two is coming up for Michigan State football as the Spartans hit the road for an early season Big Ten matchup against Maryland. The Terps have had MSU’s number in recent years, but the Spartans’ new-look team is ready to change that narrative this weekend.
Jonathan Smith and his staff have a lot to work on this week after a lackluster 16-10 win over Florida Atlantic, but we’ve become more than used to slow starts for MSU in their first game so it’s not time to panic just yet.
While the team wraps up their preparations for Maryland, let’s take a quick look at the Terps and see what we can learn about them before the big game on Saturday.
Maryland is off and running in their 2024 campaign and had an absolutely dominant week one performance. The Terps took on UConn at home and came away with an impressive 50-7 win. Sure UConn is an awful football program, but we saw how poorly Michigan State just did against a similar opponent.
Not only was the final score lopsided, but ever major statistical category was as well. Maryland doubled UConn in first downs and rushing yards, threw for nearly 400 passing yards and even won the turnover battle 3-0. The Terps also only had five penalties for 45 yards which is significantly better than MSU’s 12 for 140 yards against FAU.
Sure all of this took place against UConn, but it appears that Maryland is in a very good spot heading into this big week two matchup.
One thing that I thought would be a positive for Michigan State in this game is that Maryland is breaking in a new quarterback as well. The Terps’ quarterback, Billy Edwards Jr., went off against UConn and completed 20-of-27 passes for 311 yards and two touchdowns. He also is a capable runner and added 39 yards on the ground, so Michigan State will have its hands full on Saturday slowing him down.
The Terps don’t have one standout running back in the backfield, so that does benefit MSU. They do however have two solid backs in Roman Hemby and Nolan Ray who both ran for over 60 yards and one score each.
The one player however that Michigan State needs to pay the most attention to is wide receiver Tai Felton. He had one of the best Week 1 performances in the country as he recorded seven receptions for 178 yards and two touchdowns. Thankfully MSU’s defense and secondary looked much improved against FAU, so hopefully that carries over into this weekend’s matchup.
The opportunity in front of MSU on Saturday is massive. The Spartans are big underdogs in this matchup which they probably deserve, but a win would do wonders not just for the overall perception of the team but for their confidence moving forward.
I’ve got a strange feeling that we’re going to be very happy around 7 p.m. ET Saturday night.
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