Baltimore City Council to host meeting on vendor, athletic trainer issues in City Schools
The Baltimore City Council will host a committee meeting in November to discuss vendors receiving late payments and athletic trainer shortages in Baltimore City Public Schools, 11 News Investigates has learned. | VIDEO ABOVE: City Council address several issues uncovered by 11 News Investigates (September)City Schools CEO Sonja Santelises is expected to address the issues at the City Council’s Education, Workforce and Youth Committee at 5 p.m. on Nov. 16.In August, 11 News Investigates was first to report on small businesses not receiving on-time payments from the district, and that no city high schools have full-time athletic trainers.After City Schools student Elijah Gorham suffered a traumatic brain injury during a football game in 2021, and there was no athletic trainer to respond, the district vowed to hire an athletic trainer for every high school that has an athletics program by the fall of 2024. As of August, there were none. Following 11 News Investigates reporting, City Schools made changes to its vendor payment system and created an email specifically for small businesses that work with the district to ask questions: VendorSupport@bcps.k12.md.us.Previous 11 News Investigates reports on vendor issuesPrevious 11 News Investigates reports on athletic trainers
The Baltimore City Council will host a committee meeting in November to discuss vendors receiving late payments and athletic trainer shortages in Baltimore City Public Schools, 11 News Investigates has learned.
| VIDEO ABOVE: City Council address several issues uncovered by 11 News Investigates (September)
City Schools CEO Sonja Santelises is expected to address the issues at the City Council’s Education, Workforce and Youth Committee at 5 p.m. on Nov. 16.
In August, 11 News Investigates was first to report on small businesses not receiving on-time payments from the district, and that no city high schools have full-time athletic trainers.
After City Schools student Elijah Gorham suffered a traumatic brain injury during a football game in 2021, and there was no athletic trainer to respond, the district vowed to hire an athletic trainer for every high school that has an athletics program by the fall of 2024. As of August, there were none.
Following 11 News Investigates reporting, City Schools made changes to its vendor payment system and created an email specifically for small businesses that work with the district to ask questions: VendorSupport@bcps.k12.md.us.
