Every year there are dozens of articles and letters to the editor about the violence plaguing our streets and our schools (just two: Hines, “Baltimore crime initiatives a good start, but do they go far enough?” from 2021, and “All of these people have died in school shootings since Columbine....
When I sent that fateful message out on NextDoor in early December of 2015, asking for volunteers to help five families in need at Loch Raven High School, I had absolutely no idea what would happen. When my mailbox exploded for the next few days and donations came pouring in, it was clear that...
Chris Diehl has done a lot for our neighborhood (the Chatterleigh Association) but one of her greatest contributions to the well-being of hundreds of children was surely her service to the Student Support Network, especially in the early days when it barely existed. As you may know, the idea of...