The Havre de Grace City Council will try again Tuesday night to make the city a safer place to live and work by introducing an ordinance that would add “certain language to the Code to require the installation of smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detetors in buildings in the city.” Also on the agenda Tuesday […]
Archives for January 2011
Bel Air Agenda Jan. 18: Creation of an Identity Theft Prevention Program Complying with Federal Law
The Town of Bel Air, in order to comply with federal law, must adopt an identity theft prevention program which will “use red flags to detect, prevent and mitigate identity theft.” A resolution creating and adopting this online identity management program will be discussed during the Bel Air Board of Town Commissioner’s meeting beginning at […]
Harford County Councilman Slutzky Explains Red Pump Elementary Investigation & Redistricting Implications
Red Pump Elementary School has yet to open its doors, but the new school already has a checkered history in Harford County. Still under construction and scheduled to open in August, Red Pump has been ground zero for a countywide elementary school redistricting that is still in the draft stages. But even before a shovel […]
Parkinson: “I Still Hold the Belief that this District Should be Undisturbed, and that the Definition of ‘Overcrowding’ Does Not Apply Here”
The following letter was sent by Meredith Parkinson to the Harford County Board of Education and the Superintendent’s Technical Advisory Committee. A copy was provided to The Dagger. Dear Members of the Board and STAC Committee Members, I have spoken and written to you on several occasions in regards to the redistricting. I first want […]
Revised Redistricting Plan Would Put Enrollment At All Harford County Elementary Schools Below 101% Capacity
A revised redistricting plan from Harford County Public Schools puts enrollment at all county elementary schools under 101% of capacity, and incorporates a number of alternative redistricting proposals submitted by parents in the affected areas. Issued on January 14 by the Superintendent’s Technical Advisory Committee (STAC), the revised plan is subject to additional modifications and […]
Del. James: “Creating Jobs and Getting the Economy Working Again for Everyone is My Top Priority”
From the office of Del. Mary-Dulany James: Dear Friends: I am excited to write on this week’s opening of this 428th session of the Maryland General Assembly! This year promises to be both one of the most challenging of those I have been here in Annapolis for, but also one with great promise for our […]
Harford Schools To Offer “Everyday Math” Help for Parents
From Harford County Public Schools: The Everyday Math Focus Algorithm Parent Academy will be held on Friday, January 28, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. at the Center for Educational Opportunity (Room 143), 253 Paradise Road, Aberdeen, MD 21001. This program is designed to help parents of elementary school children understand the alternative algorithms used in math […]
Alternate Redistricting Plan High Point/Pleasantville Community Forest Lakes Elementary School
The following letter and presentation were sent to the Harford County Board of Education by the concerned parents and PTA membersof Forest Lakes Elementary School. A copy was provided to The Dagger: The Community of High Point/Pleasantville (south of MD 23 and north of Winters Run) has approximately 83 elementary students who presently attend Forest […]
