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Hearing to be held Wednesday for Baltimore County schools capital budget

By Jon Meoli, jmeoli@tribune.com — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:35:00 EDT

Meeting allows Board of Education to get head start on FY15 planning

A meeting scheduled for Wednesday evening will be the first opportunity for county residents to provide input and suggestions on the Baltimore County Public Schools capital budget for fiscal year 2015.

Illness at Pot Spring Elementary investigated

By Alison Knezevich, The Baltimore Sun — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:07:00 EDT

Health Department looking into why 200 kids were sick with gastrointestinal symptoms

Baltimore County health officials are investigating why about 200 students at Pot Spring Elementary in Timonium — a third of the children there — got sick with gastrointestinal symptoms last week.

Baltimore County hires consultant to assess facilities needs

By Erica L. Green, The Baltimore Sun — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:57:48 EDT

District enters $500,000 contract with local architecture firm

The Baltimore County school system has hired a local architecture firm to help document its long-term school facilities needs, following a similar strategy the city school system used to generate a $2.4 billion plan and secure some of that funding from the General Assembly.

Mike Waddell leaving Towson for job in Arkansas' athletic department

By Don Markus — Mon, 20 May 2013 23:42:00 EDT

Mike Waddell, whose 2 1/2-year tenure as Towson's athletic director was marked both by the tremendous growth in its football and men's basketball programs and by the controversy surrounding the elimination of men's soccer and the proposed dropping of baseball, is leaving to become a senior associate athletic director at Arkansas.

Mount St. Joseph High School seniors build memorial overlook at Baltimore National Cemetery

By Julie Baughman, jbaughman@tribune.com — Tue, 21 May 2013 06:00:00 EDT

Catonsville residents who walk or bike the Short Line Trail will now be able to stop for a moment of reverence at a new park overlooking Baltimore National Cemetery.

Carroll student a finalist in PSA contest

By Blair Ames, bames@tribune.com — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:50:00 EDT

Carroll County Career and Technology Center student Ethan Spencer is one of three finalists in a contest challenging students to create a public service announcement against driving while distracted.

Building new Rodgers Forge Elementary among overcrowding solutions

By Jon Meoli, jmeoli@tribune.com — Fri, 17 May 2013 06:00:00 EDT

Input meeting held to address Towson-area over-capacity conditions

The suggestion of building a new 700-seat elementary school to replace Rodgers Forge Elementary in Towson was made during a meeting held Thursday evening to address Towson's elementary school overcrowding problem.

Baltimore County's deputy superintendent to leave at the end of school year

Erica L. Green — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:58:00 EDT

Hobbs will return to family in North Carolina

The deputy superintendent for the Baltimore County school system will step down next month, officials confirmed Thursday.

Medics called to Pinewood Elementary after students complain of light-headedness

By Jon Meoli, jmeoli@tribune.com — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:11:08 EDT

17 students said they felt ill during chorus practice, county officials said

Baltimore County emergency crews responded to Pinewood Elementary in Timonium Thursday afternoon after seventeen students complained of feeling ill and light-headed in the school's gymnasium.

School police officer assaulted in Pikesville High fight

By Alison Knezevich, The Baltimore Sun — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:34:00 EDT

No injuries reported

A school police officer at Pikesville High School was assaulted after responding to a fight in the gym this morning, Baltimore County police said.