The campaign to Transform Baltimore calls upon elected officials and decision-makers at the city, state, and federal levels to adopt and implement a funding plan to renovate and modernize every public school building in Baltimore City within eight years.

Students produce inspiring documentary on city school building conditions!
The Intersection, a group that fosters leadership among teens through community organizing, mentoring, and community projects, premiered an 8-minute audio documentary on Friday, April 27 that attempts to answer important questions about their dilapidated school buildings.  How do conditions affect student and teacher performance?  What messages do buildings send to youth?  What can be done to fund a full-scale renovation program?  Students conducted interviews with over a dozen education professionals, community members, and Transform Baltimore advocates, all of whom spoke passionately about the issue.  Click here to listen to the entire documentary!

Advocates unite to support bottle tax for school construction!
On April 18, 2012, members of the Transform Baltimore campaign will gather at City Hall to advocate for a five-cent beverage container tax proposal that would generate $10 million per year in new revenue for school construction.  This critical stream of funding could support an estimated $155 in borrowing, enough to completely rebuild 10 elementary schools or replace windows at nearly every school.  Students, parents, educators, community members, and business leaders will share about the conditions of their school buildings and urge City Council members to support this initiative, a laudable step toward meeting the full $2.8 need.  For more information, read our press advisory, bottle tax fact sheet, and an op-ed that recently appeared in the Baltimore Business Journal.  The editorial board of The Baltimore Sun also expressed their support in a full-length article.

 Stories of Transformation Video Series

Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle

Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove

Promotional Video