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In 1979, the president of the board of school commissioners authored a charter creating the Baltimore School for the Arts. This charter followed many years of effort to create an arts high school, including a 1978 recommendation of a special Task Force appointed and given strong support by then Mayor William Donald Schaefer, (1921–2011), [served 1971–1986]; [later Governor of Maryland ...
The Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts was established by prominent citizens of Baltimore, such as Fielding Lucas Jr. (founder of Lucas Brothers - office supply company), John H. B. Latrobe (lawyer, artist, author, civic leader), Hezekiah Niles (founder of national newspaper Niles Weekly Register) and Thomas Kelso. [3]
Alumni Class Reason for notability Larry Adler: 1931 [1]: Musician [2]: Russell Baker: 1943 [3]: Began writing as a reporter for The Evening Sun (old daily afternoon newspaper in Baltimore, 1910–1995), later moving to become a writer, reporter, and features / opinion columnist for The New York Times and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner among other literary and journalism awards.
Initially created without a name, the school was named for Augusta Savage by the Baltimore school board in November 2005. [2]In January 2006, due to standardized test results, Augusta Fells Savage was identified as one of seven low-performing city schools that would require a "turnaround specialist" to assist the administration with increasing student achievement. [3]
ConneXions: A Community Based Arts School (formerly known as the ConneXions Community Leadership Academy) is a public secondary school located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Connexions open in 2002 and it now share building with Bard .
The old "Assembly Rooms" of the former Baltimore Dancing Assembly, built 1797, third floor added 1835. First major school-owned structure of "The High School" (founded 1839), purchased 1843, later called the "Male High School" briefly after 1844, renamed the "Central High School of Baltimore", (later becoming The Baltimore City College in 1866).
Baltimore Design School is a public charter middle/high school located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The school occupies the former Lebow Brothers Clothing Factory in the Greenmount West neighborhood, part of the Station North Arts and Entertainment District .
Operated by the Baltimore-Washington Conference United Methodist Historical Society, history of Baltimore-Washington Conference, important Methodist ministers, bishops and memorabilia [5] Maryland Art Place: Downtown Baltimore: Art: Contemporary art exhibition gallery Maryland Center for History and Culture: Mount Vernon: History