A bill to repeal Harford County’s impact fee created some strange bedfellows when it was first introduced by Dion Guthrie, a Democrat representing Edgewood and Joppatowne and Chad Shrodes, a Republican representing the rural north. Now, the repeal effort has sparked a rift among the leaders of the anti-tax Tea Party movement and drawn a […]
Maryland Counties To Push For Changes In Education Funding Requirement
Continuing to feel the economic crunch, Maryland county governments will be looking for new ways around a long-standing state law requiring them to fund their portion of local education budgets according to a formula known as Maintenance of Effort (MOE). Maintenance of Effort was designed to ensure that county governments provide school systems with at […]
Del. Stifler’s Shoe Comes In Handy At Bel Air High Rededication
Delegate Donna Stifler used her shoe to take a whack at the cornerstone of the new Bel Air High School during a Rededication Ceremony October 11. When a box designed to hold commemorative items wouldn’t fit all the way into the cornerstone, Stifler said she saw a bunch of men trying to push it down […]
Despite Outbreaks In Harford Schools, H1N1 Flu “Seems To Be A Mild One”
A local health official told The Dagger on Friday that there are currently no confirmed cases of H1N1 in school-aged children in Harford County being reported from the State Health Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Kurt Seetoo, an epidemiologist with the Harford County Health Department said that while some positive tests could go unreported […]
Harford PTAs Legislative Forum Set for October 15 At Bel Air High
The Harford County Council of PTAs is gathering elected officials and leaders in education to meet with the public at a legislative forum planned for Thursday, October 15th at 7 p.m. in the Bel Air High School cafeteria. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from decision-makers about issues in education and to speak with them […]
H1N1 Flu “Now Widespread Across The State,” School-Based Vaccinations Begin Later This Month
The intranasal mist form of the H1N1 vaccine will begin to become available in mid to late October in sufficient quantities to support statewide school-based vaccination programs, according to John M. Colmers, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Secretary Colmers wrote in a September 29th memo to local health officers that […]
Harford Schools Postpone Seasonal FluMist Program to Focus on H1N1
Acting on the advice of the health officials, Harford County Public Schools have postponed plans to dispense the Seasonal FluMist to elementary and middle school children to focus instead on administering the H1N1 vaccine as soon as it becomes available. According to a September 29th letter informing parents of the decision, the seasonal flu peaks […]
Impact Fee: School Construction Revenue Source Or Unfair Home Sales Tax?
Is Harford County’s impact fee a vital source of revenue for public school construction, or an unfair tax that has stymied new home sales? Harford County Councilman Dion Guthrie (Dist. A) says it’s the latter. Along with co-sponsor Chad Shrodes (Dist. D), Guthrie introduced legislation on September 15th to repeal the county’s impact fee. Guthrie, […]
