HARPER, Sept. 17 -- More than 100 students from Harper Demonstration School staged a peaceful protest on Tuesday, demanding the immediate resumption of renovation work on their school building, which had been suspended by county authorities.

The protest took place at the Harper Administration Building, where the students, carrying handwritten placards, confronted Maryland County Superintendent Henry B. Cole.

Their action followed public criticism of the Superintendent's decision to halt a $41,000 renovation project initiated by the Dorbor Bedell Foundation, citing procedural issues.

Placards carried by the students included messages such as "Henry Cole, we want to go to school" and "We didn't vote for Boakai to give us trouble like th...