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 …
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, December 16, 2010
Rolling Knolls slated to get feasibility design study in FY2012; proposal avoids layoffs and furloughs.
For the second consecutive year, the proposed Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) budget avoids layoffs and furloughs while increasing requested funding in areas such as textbooks and cutting more than $800,000 in existing programs and initiatives. The proposed budget for the 2012 fiscal year increased $37.5 million, or 4 percent, to $968 million with the bulk of the money going toward salaries, wages and benefits. "[The proposed budget] fully funds the negotiated agreements with our four bargaining units and provides necessary funding for health care, increases in our two charter school enrollments and the addition of 20 mentor teachers required by [Maryland State Department of Education] regulations as part of Race to the Top…
Angie Carroll
2:59 pm on Saturday, January 15, 2011
I attended and testified on behalf of Hillsmere Elementary at the Thursday Budget Hearing. I was very surprised and encouraged that so many schools in the Annapolis Cluster had a presence at the hearing: Annapolis Elementary, Rolling Knolls, Tyler Heights, the Phoenix Center, Bates Middle and Hillsmere Elementary. I was also encouraged to see support for the Annapolis area cluster from Alderwoman… more ›