It has been announced that public schools in Maryland will be closed for an additional four weeks through April 24th, 2020.
In addition Dr. Karen Salmon, State Superintendent, announced that "[f]or those essential personnel that are unable to provide care, we have worked diligently in the past week to identify location as cross Maryland that will provide childcare. At this juncture, we have identified space for more than 1200 school aged children of essential personnel at various locations throughout Maryland in spaces such as the YMCAs, the Maryland school for the blind, public libraries, parks and recreation facilities, and Boys and Girls Clubs. We are hoping to increase this capacity to more than 2500 spaces in the coming days."
In his press conference on Wednesday, March 25, Gov. Larry Hogan announced that:
- any Marylander that has visited New York or the tri-state area must self-quarantine for 14 days
- he has declared a presidential disaster declaration for the state of Maryland to help provide funding for state and local governments as well as nonprofits, such important initiatives as disaster unemployment insurance, hazard mitigation, and emergency protective measures.
- a program will be instituted to encourage and to allow medical students and nursing students and people studying to get degrees from our universities, our colleges, and our community colleges, to be able to be a part of this program and to assist and be a part of the effort. You can sign up here.
You can read the full transcript here.