A recommendation by Gov. Martin O’Malley to shift the cost of teacher pensions from the state to county government would cost Harford County an estimated $9.8 million in the next fiscal year, an amount equal to the salaries of 171 teachers or 169 police officers, according to County Executive David Craig. Craig told the Harford […]
Tentative Agreement on Harford County Teacher Bonuses Gives “One-Time, Non-Precedent Setting, $1,250 Stipend”; Union Attempted to Apply Funds to Salaries
The Harford County Board of Education and the Harford County Education Association have tentatively agreed that a bonus for county employees proposed by County Executive David Craig will be distributed to teachers as a “one-time, non-precedent setting, $1,250 stipend”. The tentative agreement made public by the school system this week was signed on Feb. 1 […]
Budget Wrinkles Ahead for Harford County Public Schools; County Executive Craig Says Shift of Teacher Pension Costs Could Be “Catastrophic”
Finalizing a budget for Harford County Public Schools is difficult in the best of times and these are not the best of times. Like all public school systems in Maryland, Harford County Public Schools depends upon state and local government for revenue and must negotiate its largest expense, employee compensation, with a number of employee […]
Harford County Board of Education, Teachers’ Union Agree to Negotiate One-Time Bonus Funding
An agreement was announced Friday that may pave the way for teachers to each receive $625 originally proposed by County Executive David Craig as a one-time employee bonus. Randy Cerveny, president of the Harford County Education Association representing teachers, sent a message to members Friday saying that the Harford County Board of Education had agreed […]
Strong Odor in Havre de Grace Elementary Closes School to Students Friday; Teachers Still Report
From Harford County Public Schools: Havre de Grace Elementary School was inconvenienced by a strong odor caused by work on pipes in the crawl space this week. In order to allow the HCPS Facilities Departement additional time to remove the odor, Havre de Grace Elementary School will be: – CLOSED for students tomorrow, Friday, January […]
Superintendent Tomback: Harford County Public Schools Will Not Seek to Recall Bonus Payments Made to Employees; Board Supports Partial Voting Rights for Student Representative
From Harford County Public Schools: The Board of Education of Harford County met in an open business meeting on Monday, December 19, 2011, in the Board Room of the HCPS/A.A. Roberty Building and took the following the actions or received the following presentations: Recognized the following: HCPS Hall of Fame – Donna E. Lewis Wendy’s […]
Harford County Education Association President Cerveny: Whether Bonus or Wage Increase, “Either Way You Will Get Your Money”
The following e-mail was sent to members of the Harford County Education Association by President Randy Cerveny on December 14, 2011. A copy was provided to The Dagger for publication. Members, A great deal of information has been swirling around about the County Executive’s proposed distribution of funds. Some has been accurate, and some less […]
Rost: “Party Lines Have Been Drawn by an Organization that Has Forgotten its Mission to Represent the Teachers and their Interests”
From Pete Rost: Mr. Craig and Mr. Cerveny, My name is Peter Rost and I am a sixth year teacher in Harford County. I write to you both to express my concern over the situation with the money for county employees being denied to teachers. It is a sad situation that in our current economic […]
