The following presentation by the NAACP Youth Council was delivered to the Harford County Board of Education on Monday, September 9th. A copy was provided to The Dagger for publication: Good Evening, My name is Eric Watson, I am a student at John Carroll High School and I am the Vice President of the Harford […]
Superintendent Canavan: Plan Developed to Ensure Community Can Be Involved in FY15 Harford County Public Schools Operating Budget Process
From the Harford County Board of Education: The Board of Education of Harford County met for an open business meeting at 6:30 p.m., on Monday, September 9, 2013, in the Board Room of the HCPS/A.A. Roberty Building and took the following actions and received the following presentations: Approved the Consent Agenda with the removal of […]
Monaco/Pangratz: Scholarship SNAFU, State Investigation Lead to Possible Revocation of Harford County Council PTA Charter
From Sandra Monaco, Former President of HCCPTA, and Lora S. Pangratz, Harford Technical High School PTSA President: Dear Editor: As recent news and personal experience have made us all well aware, many changes in the Harford County Public School System (HCPS) are taking place. Across the county students and parents are coping with altered elementary […]
Harford County Board of Education Agenda Sept. 9: Five-Year School Facilities Maintenance Plan; Youth’s Benefit Elementary Replacement Building
The Harford County Board of Education plans a business meeting on September 9th to review proposed capital projects for next year and approve a five-year maintenance plan for school facilities. Also on the Monday meeting agenda, Board members will award a design contract for a Youth’s Benefit Elementary School replacement building, and approve the installation […]
Councilman Guthrie and Edgewood Leader Gear Up for Legal Action Against Harford County Schools’ Pay-to-Play Fees and Cuts to School Bus Service
Gearing up for legal action against Harford County Public Schools, County Councilman Dion Guthrie and Edgewood Community Council Chairman Jansen Robinson held a meeting Tuesday in Edgewood to gather potential testimony from parents harmed by the implementation of pay-to-play fees and cuts to school bus service in the school year just underway. Guthrie and Robinson […]
Harford Elementary and Middle Schools Continue to Progress on State Tests Through Transition
From Harford County Public Schools: Harford County Public Schools (HCPS) students in grades three through eight continue to make progress toward Maryland School Assessment (MSA) targets in both reading and mathematics, according to data released today by the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE). In elementary reading and mathematics, 91 percent and 89 percent of […]
Darlington Elementary School Briefly Locked Down Following Report of Suspect at Large
Darlington Elementary School was locked down for several hours Tuesday afternoon after Pennsylvania and Maryland state police troopers pursued a suspect through the area. Harford County Public Schools spokeswoman Teri Kranfeld said the school was placed in a modified lockdown around noon. The lockdown continued though the school’s 3:30 p.m. dismissal, which occurred as usual […]
Grimmel: Pay to Play? More Like Fee to Succeed
From Friends of Johnathan Grimmel: It saddens me to see the recent publishing of the fees imposed by the Board of Education for extracurricular activities. While I do applaud the board on trying to take “cost-saving and revenue-generating strategies in order to balance the budget” measures, I once again think they are cutting and imposing […]
