Harford County Public Schools Interim Superintendent Patricia Skebeck will recommend that plans be resumed to build Red Pump Elementary School with a revised occupancy date of 2011. The recommendation and a vote by the school board are expected at the board’s business meeting Monday, May 11, according to documents posted on the school system’s website. […]
“Green Is For Go – Go Build A School” Or Face Countywide School Redistricting?
Harford County Board of Education President Patrick L. Hess and Interim Superintendent Patricia L. Skebeck said in a letter dated April 27th that school boundaries will be adjusted countywide if an agreement cannot be reached in the debate over which new elementary school will be built to relieve overcrowding in the greater Bel Air area. […]
County Executive to Offer Budget Amendment For Red Pump Elementary School
Harford County Executive David Craig said today that he will send the Harford County Council an amendment to his proposed FY10 capital budget to add funding in the “12 – 13 million dollar range” for the planned school at Red Pump Elementary. Craig’s budget already contains a similar request for Campus Hills, although Craig said […]
“Minimal Concentration” of MTBE Found at Forest Hill Elementary – Link Made to Red Pump/Campus Hills Debate
Harford County Public Schools is providing bottled water for drinking and to prepare cafeteria food at Forest Hill Elementary School in response to Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) contamination found during routine tests of the well water supplied to the school. In a letter dated April 17, 2009, Principal Belinda Cole said a “minimal concentration” […]
Noone: “The Board of Education is Failing Our Students”
The following letter was sent to several Harford County Board of Education Members and Interim Superintendent Patricia L. Skebeck from Prospect Mill Elementary School parent Janet Noone. A copy was provided to The Dagger for publication. Dear Board Members, It was with much disappointment and dismay that I heard the BOE vote last night to […]
Harford County Board of Education Fails to Vote on Red Pump
A promised and highly anticipated vote by the Harford County Board of Education to get plans for Red Pump Elementary School back on track never materialized at last night’s board meeting, dashing the hopes of PTA leaders that a new school will be built to relieve overcrowding in the greater Bel Air area anytime soon. […]
Fearing Furloughs, Teachers Ask For “Respect;” Board Moves Money From Red Pump to Campus Hills School
Mobilized by by a call from Harford County Education Association President Randy Cerveny, more than 100 Harford County teachers crowded the Board of Education meeting Monday night wearing red shirts reading “Respect” and “Time.” Word has been spreading in recent days about a possible two-day furlough for Harford County Public School employees, which may come […]
Board of Education To Consider Shifting Funds From Red Pump School To Campus Hills School
Interim Superintendent Patricia L. Skebeck is expected to recommend that the Harford County Board of Education remove $10 million in county fund appropriations from the planned Red Pump Elementary School project and transfer those appropriations to fund Campus Hills Elementary School instead. The recommendation cites Harford County Executive David Craig’s proposed FY 2010 budget, which […]
