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National search firm hired to conduct search for Balto. Co. schools superintendent
The Baltimore County school board, which has been criticized in the past two years for failing to listen to complaints from the public, has pledged to seek advice on the hiring of the next superintendent from an array of interests in the community. The...Tags: Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Politics, Baltimore County, Montgomery County (Maryland), Elections
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2011: A re-wind
Fast cars zipped around downtown Baltimore streets and, it turns out, the race promoters' financial messes. A robocall that urged voters to relax and stay home led jurors to a vote of their own: guilty of election fraud. We bade farewell to an iconic...Tags: Trials, Politics, Regional Authority, Corporate Crime, Lawyers
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Letter: County executive urges parental involvement during American Education Week
There is no public investment more important in our society than the delivery of a quality education to our children. Each and every day, outstanding teachers prepare students for an increasingly complex world. November 13-19 is American Education Week,... -
'Doom and gloom' projected for Balto. Co. schools funding
Even after slashing nearly 200 teaching positions, Baltimore County schools are facing another projected budget shortfall for next year and will have to make millions of dollars in cuts, the school board learned Saturday. Baltimore County schools chief...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Education, Employees, Politics, Elections
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Hairston challenges school leaders in address
Joe A. Hairston, superintendent of Baltimore County schools, opens every academic year with an address to supervisors and administrators, usually about 800 people in all. As he prepared to rally the crowd gathered Friday at Catonsville High School, he...Tags: Catonsville, Patapsco, Human Interest, Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities
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School systems around state need to address improvements to buildings
Rodgers Forge Elementary had reached nearly double its capacity, so parents and students were relieved last year when the new $22 million WestTowson Elementary opened to ease crowding at neighboring schools in Baltimore County.
One year later, West...Tags: Parkville, Education, Baltimore County, Politics, Maryland
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With storm approaching, Baltimore County Public Schools cancels weekend activities
Baltimore County Public Schools announced on Friday, Aug. 26, that all of its weekend activities for Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 27-28, at county schools would be canceled due to the pending arrival ofHurricane Irene. The school system sent out an alert...Tags: Schools, Education, Public Schools, Perry Hall, Tropical Weather
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Hurricane Irene delays start of school year in Baltimore County
Baltimore County Public Schools will be closed on Monday, Aug. 29, delaying the start of the new school year due to what officials called, "the continuing effects of Hurricane Irene." By Sunday afternoon, 65 BCPS schools were without power, and safety...Tags: Hurricane Irene (2011), Health and Safety at School, Kevin Kamenetz
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Baltimore County schools will be closed again Tuesday
Baltimore County Public Schools will again be closed on Tuesday, Aug. 30, delaying the start of the new school year yet again "due to the continuing effects of Hurricane Irene," according to school officials. The school year had been scheduled to start...Tags: Hurricane Irene (2011)
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All but 20 public schools in Baltimore County will open Wednesday
After a two-day delay because of power outages caused by Hurricane Irene, most Baltimore County Public Schools will open the 2011-12 school year on Wednesday, Aug. 31. Those schools will open on time and with a normal schedule. "It's time to get back...Tags: Parkville, Hurricane Irene (2011), Towson, Timonium
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Speaker series kicks off Montessori 50th anniversary
The Montessori School in Luthervillle is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and will host a speakers' series this fall as part of the schedule of anniversary events. The school, with includes programs for toddlers through grade six at its...Tags: Hunt Valley, Education, Atlanta, Patapsco, Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Keep a partially elected school board on track
This is a tale of two counties, Baltimore and Howard, and their school boards. In Baltimore County, not a single board member is elected. Every member is appointed by the governor. It's the opposite in adjacent Howard County. Every member is elected....Tags: Robert A. Zirkin, John A. Olszewski, Sr., Republican Party, Annapolis, Local Elections
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