The Spark

the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist

“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx

Rural Maryland:
Special Needs Students Ignored

May 18, 2026

For years, thousands of children with severe disabilities who live on Maryland’s Eastern Shore have not had their special needs met because there are not enough special needs schools.

One third of Maryland counties are east of the Bay Bridge, but only one of Maryland’s 70 special needs schools. This spring, a three-year campaign by local people finally shook some money from the state legislature. Now three institutions each propose to build a special needs school on the Eastern Shore.