Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Greater Annapolis Patch invites you and your circle of friends to help build a community of support for mothers and their families with weekly topics.
Patch invites you and your circle of friends to help build a community of support for mothers and their families right here in Greater Annapolis. Each week in Moms Talk, our Moms Council of experts and smart moms take your questions, give advice and share solutions. Moms, dads, grandparents and the diverse families who make up our community will have a new resource for questions about local neighborhood schools, the best pediatricians, 24-hour pharmacies and the thousands of other issues that arise while raising children. Moms Talk also will be the place to drop in for a talk about the latest parenting hot topic. Last week Greater Annapolis Patch shared a story about how the Anne Arundel County Board of Education is contemplating teacher …
Thursday, April 7, 2011
The county has asked for a waiver of "maintenance of effort" rules for school funding. The superintendent of schools said the move could lead to painful budget cuts.
Staff layoffs or furloughs at county schools could be needed if the county succeeds in getting an exemption from school funding requirements by the state, Anne Arundel County Schools Superintendent Kevin Maxwell said Wednesday. Speaking before the county board of education, Maxwell said a successful waiver of the so-called “maintenance of effort” rule would force the school system to find $25 million worth of cuts, with the elimination of teacher positions and the suspension of some magnet and STEM programs under consideration. “It’s those kinds of things we would have to have a discussion about, and say, ‘What kinds of things can we really afford to do?’” Maxwell said. County Executive John R. Leopold has filed for an exemption from …
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
AACPS begins search for a high school junior to sit on board as full voting member.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
A Student Member of the Board (SMOB) is a high school student who is elected in the spring to serve on the Board of Education during the following school year. Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) is currently looking for students who meet the following requirements: The nomination process is now open and will end at 5 p.m. on March 3. Interested students should talk to their principal, SGA adviser, or call the AACPS Office of Student Leadership Development at 410-222-5405. The Chesapeake Regional Association of Student Councils (CRASC), which is the student government of Anne Arundel County, will hold the election on March 24 at Chesapeake Arts Center in Brooklyn Park to choose a student to be appointed. The student’s name will be …
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Anne Arundel County Board of Education members are scheduled to vote on the budget on Feb. 9.
Anne Arundel County Board of Education members were briefed in Annapolis on the proposed operating and capital budgets Wednesday night, with members voicing concerns about the possibility of increasing class sizes. For the third year in a row, the budget calls for no new general fund positions despite a reported increase in the student population of more than 2,000 over the past two years. Rolling Knolls Elementary staff, parents and members of the CAC are especially concerned since the school is currently over capacity and the number of students is projected to continue to grow. Superintendent Dr. Kevin M. Maxwell requested $968 million for fiscal year 2012 to run the operating budget, up $37 million from 2011. The budget increase …
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Agreement resolves dispute about pay for teachers and members of the teacher's union in Anne Arundel County.
The Anne Arundel County Board of Education ratified amendments to the school system's negotiated agreement with the teachers association. The board and the Teachers Association of Anne Arundel County (TAAAC) had been at impasse since August 2010. They entered into mediation after failing to reach an agreement regarding pay. The amendments, which passed by a vote of 8-1, call for a 1.25 percent cost-of-living increase from the fiscal year 2010 salary scale. The increase is permanent and "effective January 2011, in lieu of the 1 percent, one-year increase that had been in place since July 1," according to a release from Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS). Additionally, the amendments bring a halt on an out-year increase in extra …
Friday, January 14, 2011
Board of Education members heard concerns from parents and teachers on the proposed budget for fiscal year 2012 during a public hearing on Jan. 13.
Parents from schools across the county, including Rolling Knolls Elementary, voiced their concerns on Thursday night about various building projects included in Anne Arundel County Public Schools proposed capital and operating budgets for fiscal year 2012. The Board of Education hearing was one of two originally scheduled for the community to offer, as Board President Patricia Nalley put it, “thoughts and questions" regarding the proposed budgets that combine for a total of roughly $1.1 billion. The first hearing was canceled due to inclement weather. To allow input from those who couldn't attend Thursday's meeting, written testimony will be accepted online for the board to consider until Feb. 4. The evening was dominated by concerned …
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Cora Lesure was one of three winners in the county-level Poetry Out Loud competition held in Annapolis.
Linda Joy Burke, the Maryland State Arts Council coordinator for Poetry Out Loud, had a tip for the participants on Wednesday night at the Anne Arundel County event in Annapolis. "If you start feeling nervous just before you perform, pause for a moment and listen to the sounds around you. Poetry is all about the pauses between words," she said. Diminutive Cora Lesure, the student representing Annapolis High School, sat quietly in her chair awaiting her turn. She betrayed none of the nervous energy that some students around her displayed. The Poetry Out Loud event for Anne Arundel County was held at the Board of Education office on Riva Road. Thirteen students from several county high schools participated. A decent-sized crowd of parents, …
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
The public may comment online or attend the meeting at the Board of Education on Jan. 13. RKE parents should wear green to support the school.
The threat of snow on Tuesday canceled one of two public hearings on the school budget this week. However, there is still another meeting scheduled for Jan. 13 and Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) will allow the community to submit comments online. The Board of Education will hold a public hearing on Superintendent Kevin Maxwell’s proposed operating and capital budgets for fiscal year 2012 at 7 p.m. on Thursday in the board room at the Parham Building on Riva Road in Annapolis. Note that this meeting is expected to draw a crowd since it will be the only public hearing held. People wishing to testify must sign up in advance of the meeting, starting at 6 p.m., and may speak for three minutes. "Those unable to make the Jan. 13 …
Thursday, January 6, 2011
School officials touted an overall decline in referrals and suspensions, but minorities remain disproportionately represented.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) saw an overall decline in the number of discipline referrals and suspensions during the 2009-10 school year, and no school was labeled as persistently dangerous. However, the schools fell short of most target goals. Members of the AACPS Board of Education expressed concern at the Jan. 5 meeting that discipline problems among students in some minority groups remained disproportionately high. The new data was presented as a review of the "Safe and Supportive Learning Environment" portion of the county schools' strategic plan. County school officials reported 11,701 students received referrals for violating the Code of Student Conduct in 2009-10, down from 12,227, or about a 4.3 percent decline from …
Friday, October 8, 2010
The teen charged with sexually assaulting another Annapolis High student faced similar charges in the spring.
The Annapolis High senior arrested for a series of sex crimes on Wednesday was also charged last spring for a similar offense and the school didn't know about it. Troy Traon Reid, 17, of Annapolis was already out on bond after being charged with rape, second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and false imprisonment for an incident that occurred on April 30. The incident on April 30 reportedly occurred in the city of Annapolis and city police failed to inform Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS), according to Bob Mosier, AACPS public information officer. Mosier explained that if the school had known, the principal at Annapolis High may have arranged for an alternate setting for Reid to finish his senior year. Each case where a …
Heather Macintosh
5:15 pm on Wednesday, April 13, 2011
I hate to think of cuts to education just when the Annapolis schools are succeeding in so many areas. Think of all the resources some private schools and even other school districts have to enrich their students' learning environments. Is it fair that public schools in our county have to do with even less? Our schools are already struggling with large class sizes and old facilities. How much more… more ›