From the Harford County Board of Education:
December 14, 2015
The Board of Education of Harford County met for an open business meeting at 7:00 p.m. in the Board Room of the A. A. Roberty Building and took the following actions and received the following presentations:
– 2015 Harford County Public Schools Holiday Card- Norah Delaney, Forest Lakes Elementary School and Joseph Castillo, Patterson Mill High School
– 1st Place National Future Farmers of America Event- Sydney O’Dell, North Harford High School
– White House Symposium on Agricultural Education- Sarah Burton and Gabrielle Roeder, North Harford High School
– National Peace First Award Recipient- Grace Callwood, William S. James Elementary School
Board Comments
Superintendent’s Report
– Congratulations to elementary and middle school students on such successful PARCC assessment results.
– Interim State Superintendent of Schools Jack Smith announced this morning that North Harford Elementary School is one of only six Maryland schools to be named a 2016 Maryland Blue Ribbon School by the Maryland State Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Education for students achieving at very high levels. Named a 2014 Maryland Green Ribbon School, we are very proud to add 2016 Maryland Blue Ribbon School to the list of honors received by North Harford Elementary School. In addition to a monetary prize and generous gifts from the program sponsors, the schools will be honored in March at a dinner in Annapolis. On that date, each Blue Ribbon School will be honored by the Maryland House of Delegates and the Senate. Congratulations to the students, parents, staff and school community. This is a great honor and well deserved recognition.
Public Comments
Old Business:
– Consent Agenda:
– Monthly Report on Personnel – November 2015
– Non-Retention Report
– Approved Proposed 2016-17 School Calendar by Mrs. Jillian Lader, Manager of Communications
– 2016-17 Color Coded Calendar
New Business:
– Presentations:
– Presentation on the Office of Human Resources and Recruitment and Retention by Mrs. Jean Mantegna, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources
Office of Human Resources PowerPoint Presentation
Board Informational Report
– Presentation on Superintendent’s Proposed FY2017 Operating Budget by Superintendent Barbara Canavan, Mr. Joe Licata, Chief of Administration, Ms. Deborah Judd, Assistant Superintendent of Business Services and Mr. Eric Clark, Director of Budget
The next Board of Education business meeting will be held Monday, January 11, 2015 at 7:00pm. 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
I can see a pay raise for teachers and I agree. But to ask for 8% pay raise for teachers while all other county workers and Sheriffs Deputy’s get nothing, that’s absurd. This needs to be stopped.
8% will never happen. However we all know that she can ask for anything that she wants. She won’t get it. This is simply so she can shrug her shoulders and tell teachers that she tried and place the blame on county government. Typical games people play. Even if she asks for 8 and gets funding for 1%, she comes out smelling like a rose.