Harford County Board of Education May 27: Promotions and Appointments; State-Mandated Revisions to Student Discipline Policy

From Harford County Public Schools:

May 27, 2014
The Board of Education of Harford County met for an open business meeting at 6:30pm in the Board Room of the A. A. Roberty Building and took the following actions and received the following presentations:

Recognitions

– Future Business Leaders of America State Officer – Ashley Harbold, NHHS

– HCPS 2014 Nurse of the Year – Dawn Higinbothom, FAHS

– Destination Imagination Global Tournament Qualifiers

Received Public Comment

– Tracy Lovvorn – Shared that on May 10, 2014 the Engineering Club at C. Milton Wright High School qualified for the Washington Electric Vehicle Grand Prix in Washington, D.C. The team won the Innovation Award during the competition. Ms. Lovvorn questioned why the students weren’t allowed to race their vehicles in the competition.

Approved Consent Agenda items

– Resolution: Benjamin C. Barsam, Board of Education 2013-14 Student Representative

– Monthly Report on Personnel

– Minutes of previous Board meetings: May 12, 2014

– Appointment of Membership to 2014-15 Citizen Advisory Committees

Received and Approved Decisions on Appointments and Promotions from Mrs. Jean Mantegna

– Elementary School Principal Pool

Alison Donnelly
Christina Douglas
Ayn Ford
Ann Kathleen Garafola
Gregory Lane
Rose Martino
Rebecca Spencer

– Middle School Principal Pool

Christine Kelly
Helen Miller

– High School Principal Pool

Colin Carr
Carlton Ford
Helen Miller

– Elementary School Assistant Principal Pool (10 Month)

Cristen Culver
Jeanna Gentile
Tracey Hanus
Kelly Rietschel
Paul Single
Christian Slattery

– Middle School Assistant Principal Pool (10 Month)

Stacy Bryan
Laura Cassilly
Michael Cuneo
Allison Newberger
Nicole Nimmo
Jason Redmond
Laurie Smith
Wendy Steo
Elizabeth Walter

– Middle School Assistant Principal Pool (12 Month)

Stacy Bryan
Matthew Koester
Angie Taddia

– High School Assistant Principal Pool (10 Month)

Allison Newberger
Cheryl Oricchio
Jason Redmond
Elizabeth Walter

– Elementary Instructional Facilitator Pool

Stacy Bryan

Received the Following Presentations

– Recommendations on HCPS Board Policies – Patrick P. Spicer, Esq.

Received Superintendent’s Report

– Red Pump Elementary received the Maeoe Green School Award for Environmental Best Practices. They were also recognized as the June 2014 Best Practices of the Month from the Maryland Center for Character Education at Stevenson University. We are very proud of this recognition.

The next Board of Education business meeting will be held Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at 6:30pm. All Board meetings are held in the A. A. Roberty Building. To access all future meeting dates and agendas, log onto the school system website at www.hcps.org