Public hearing looms for school with abysmal pandemic GPA

After staying quiet for nearly a week, a member of the Baltimore City Council said he will push for a public hearing to address growing concerns that a city school promoted hundreds of students despite them repeatedly failing their classes.

Councilman Robert Stokes, chairman of the city’s Education Committee, said Friday he intends to question Baltimore City Public Schools CEO Sonja Santelises about students being bumped up despite missing hundreds of days of class or passing minimum curriculum requirements.

"It's needed," Stokes told FOX45. "It's definitely needed. So we just...