By: Colin Campbell, The Baltimore Sun
Baltimore City Council President Brandon Scott urged Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young on Wednesday to use an estimated $34 million city budget surplus on heating and cooling in schools, the lack for years of which has caused students to stay home — or be sent home — on particularly intemperate days.
Images of Baltimore school children shivering in their classrooms in heavy coats went viral in late 2017, drawing national attention to the poor conditions in city schools.