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___MASK67___ County Public Schools is the school district in charge ___MASK86___ all public schools in ___MASK67___ County , ___MASK25___ , United States . It is the 25th largest school system in the US as ___MASK86___ 2013 . The school system is managed by the Board ___MASK86___ Education , headquartered in Towson . The superintendent is Dr . S . Dallas Dance . ___MASK25___ is a state located in the Mid - Atlantic region of the United States , bordering Virginia , West Virginia , and Washington , D . C . to its south and west ; Pennsylvania to its north ; and Delaware to its east . The state ' s largest city is Baltimore , and its capital is Annapolis . Among its occasional nicknames are " Old Line State ", the " Free State ", and the " Chesapeake Bay State ". The state is named after Henrietta Maria of France , the wife of Charles I of England . A school ___MASK3___ is a form ___MASK86___ special - purpose ___MASK3___ which serves to operate local public primary and secondary schools , for formal academic or scholastic teaching , in various nations . ___MASK67___ City Public Schools , also referred to as ___MASK67___ City Public School System , BCPSS , BCPS and City Schools , is a public school district in the state ___MASK86___ ___MASK25___ , United States . It serves the youth for the city ___MASK86___ ___MASK67___ ( in distinction to the separate and " younger " public school system ( district ) for the surrounding county ___MASK86___ ___MASK67___ , known as the ___MASK67___ County Public Schools [ BCoPS ]). Traditionally however , the ___MASK67___ City Public Schools system has usually never referred to itself as a " district ," as the operation ___MASK86___ the schools was synonymous with the city ___MASK86___ ___MASK67___ . Its headquarters are located on 200 East North Avenue at North Calvert Street in the " Dr . Alice G . Pinderhughes Administration Building ". Northern High School was a high school in the ___MASK67___ City Public Schools system . The school mascot was the Viking . The school yearbook was the Valhalla . The address was 2201 Pinewood Ave ; ___MASK67___ , MD 21214 . The school colors were green and white , but each graduating year also had its own mascot and colors . In the 1960s the school was mostly college prep with a high percentage ___MASK86___ students going on to college . To promote further integration among Black and White students , some Black students were bussed from other neighborhoods , helping to make it a more racially diverse school . The city ___MASK86___ ___MASK67___ had a policy ___MASK86___ letting students pick their high school and many Blacks choose Northern High School . Students rode public buses for free , which helped if the chosen school was distant . There were a number ___MASK86___ sports teams : Football , basketball , baseball , soccer , swimming in a 4 lane pool ( Division II undefeated in 1969 ) , cross country running , track and field , volleyball , tennis , wrestling , gymnastics , softball and lacrosse . There were cheerleaders , a modern dance group , a jazz ensemble , chess club , and yearbook . `` Incognito '' included student creative writing and students contributed to You ' re the Critic which featured critical reviews by ___MASK67___ City High School students . There was also a student government . A number ___MASK86___ classes were available to students , such as : English , Geometry , Algebra , Trigonometry , Calculus , Social Studies , Biology , Art , Jewelry - making , photography , reading , Spanish , German , typing , Sociology , Psychology , Drafting , and others . Some community college classes were offered after regular school hours on the Northern High School campus . For the class ___MASK86___ 1977 , the city comptroller , Hyman Pressman , read a poem for graduation . Due to overcrowding in the 1970s in many ___MASK67___ City Schools , there were 2 -- 3 years when students attended for a half day all year , with juniors and seniors attending 8am to 12 noon and sopomores attending 12 to 4 pm . High School was for 3 years at that time , and many students transferred to Northern High School after Junior High School ___MASK86___ grades 7 , 8 , and 9 . During these times freshman who wanted to attend Northern could not and had to wait until their sopomore year due to the over crowding . Once enrollment went down below 2600 students , some extra classrooms were added in pods or trailers , during the summer ___MASK86___ 1977 , and the school was again full - time . Many students from the morning session went on directly into the workforce and many in the afternoon session went directly to college . In 1997 the administration issued a wave ___MASK86___ mass suspensions to members ___MASK86___ the student body to try to curb discipline issues . In 2002 the school system discontinued Northern High School and put Reginald F . Lewis High School and W . E . B . DuBois High School in the former Northern building .