The following public comments were made by Youth’s Benefit PTA President Laura Runyeon to the Harford County Board of Education at a board business meeting held on December 17, 2012: Good evening, my name is Laura Runyeon and I am the president of the Youth’s Benefit Elementary School PTA. Thank you for the opportunity to […]
Aberdeen High Next in Line for $1.4 Million Synthetic Athletic Field; Four Harford Schools Remain Without Injury-Reducing Turf
Aberdeen High School is next in line to get a synthetic turf athletic field, followed, in order, by Joppatowne, Fallston and Patterson Mill high schools, according to priorities announced recently by County Executive David Craig for his final two years in office. The four schools are the last of the county high schools without synthetic […]
Harford County Public Schools 2012 Enrollment Down to 37,868 Students
From Harford County Public Schools: The Board of Education of Harford County met in an open business meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, December 17, 2012, in the Board Room of the HCPS/A.A. Roberty Building and took the following actions or received the following presentations: Recognized the following: – 2012 HCPS Holiday Greeting Artist – […]
Patterson Mill Middle/High School Locked Down Monday Morning Following Nearby Armed Bank Robbery
Patterson Mill Middle/High School in Bel Air was briefly locked down Monday following an armed robbery at a nearby bank, police said, the third daylight armed robbery in Harford County in the last week. According to the Harford County Sheriff’s Office, shortly after 11 a.m. a white male in his 40s entered the Sovereign Bank […]
Harford County Board of Education Dec. 17: Tomback Recommends $15.1 Million Increase in Operating Budget; Kaff’s First Session as Board Member
Superintendent Robert Tomback will recommend a $15.1 million increase in the Harford County Public Schools operating budget for next year, including a $6.3 million increase for employee salaries, according to the board of education’s published meeting agenda for December 17th. The packed agenda also includes a new agreement on principal and teacher evaluations; a presentation […]
Harford County Public Schools Details School Security Policies
In response to the school shooting at Perry Hall High School in late August, The Dagger asked Harford County Public Schools to provide an overview of safety measures in county school buildings. Sadly, this issue is relevant again today with the horrific shootings at an elementary school in Newtown, CT. Below is the overview provided […]
William Paca/Old Post Road Elementary Teacher Receives $25,000 Milken Educator Award
From the Maryland State Department of Education: Milken Family Foundation continues tradition of recognizing and rewarding outstanding educators with national honor and $25,000 cash awards When 5th grade Reading Specialist Lauren Hunter attended the assembly at William Paca/Old Post Road Elementary School this morning, she had no idea that she was the guest of honor […]
Harford County Student Pages Selected for 2013 Maryland General Assembly
Six high school seniors were recently selected to serve as student pages for the 2013 Maryland General Assembly, including Emma Zyriek of C. Milton Wright High School, Alexander McArtor of Fallston High School, Emily Clarke and Bryan Doherty of The John Carroll School, Andrew Becker of North Harford High School and Marc Szczepaniak of Patterson […]
