Kicking off the new school year with a packed September 12 agenda, the Harford County Board of Education will take votes on a previously proposed gang policy, a school facilities maintenance plan, school bus contracts, and promotions and appointments recommended by Superintendent Robert M. Tomback. Also on the agenda are the fourth quarter financial report […]
Remember, Reflect, Renew: September 11, 2001 for Future Generations
How should future generations be educated about the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001? To mark the tenth anniversary of the attacks, Bel Air High School eleventh graders considered that question as they wrote letters to their future grandchildren recalling their first hand experiences on 9/11, and reflecting on the war on terrorism and the […]
Oops, I Did it Again – Patterson Mill Middle/High School Parents Discover Cash Left Inside School Concession Stand
Following an unsolved felony theft that occurred at Patterson Mill Middle/High School over a nine month period ending September 2010, parent volunteers yesterday discovered a stack of twenty dollar bills in an unlocked cash box left inside the school’s indoor concession stand. Patterson Mill Athletic Boosters Vice-President Colin Mitchell said the concession stand was locked […]
Outing “Grading Out” – Or How Subtracting Zeros Might Add Up to a Passing Grade
Teachers at North Harford High School were instructed late last year to grade several students only on the work they had completed, and to exempt those students from all other course work. The process was termed “grading out” by the school administration, which told teachers to override the Harford County Public Schools grading system if […]
UPDATE: Harford County Board of Education Agenda: John Archer Relocation; Youth’s Benefit and William Paca/Old Post Road Modernization
UPDATE: The Board of Education work session scheduled for Tuesday has been cancelled “due to the school closure as a result of Hurricane Irene.” The work session will be rescheduled. A review of Harford County Public Schools’ proposed capital improvement program is the sole agenda item for a special work session planned by the Harford […]
Harford Community College Agenda Aug. 9: $3.5 Million Wastewater Treatment Plant Project; Cultural Diversity; Printing Contract
Contract authorizations for the construction of a wastewater treatment plant and related infrastructure are among the items on the August 9 meeting agenda for the Harford Community College Board of Trustees. College officials say that the overall project will consolidate existing systems, expand wastewater flow capacity, and protect the Chesapeake Bay by limiting nitrogen discharge […]
Harford County Board of Education Aug. 8: Gang Policy; Repair of Joppatowne High Track; Preview of Next Year’s Proposed Capital Budget
The members of the Harford County Board of Education will hold a planned business meeting on August 8, marking the last business meeting scheduled before the start of the new school year. Among the items on the board’s agenda are proposed revisions to the policy on gang-related activities; a contract to repair the running track […]
Harford County Public Schools Superintendent Robert Tomback: Year Two in Review
Doing what is arguably one of the most important jobs on behalf of the citizens of Harford County, Robert M. Tomback has just wrapped up his second year as superintendent of schools, putting him at the midway point of a four-year, $190,000 contract. How is he doing so far? The answer will come, in part, […]
