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State approves last round of school construction projects
State officials approved more than $161 million in school construction funding Wednesday that will allow school systems in the Baltimore area to undertake renovation projects, tackling problems that include sweltering and overcrowded classrooms and...Tags: Howard County, Anne Arundel County, Harford County, Teaching and Learning, Baltimore County
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Increased class sizes in Balto. Co. high schools: A student's view
I have attended Towson High School for four years, and the change in class size this year was a dramatic shift. Your recent article made clear how cutting 200 high school teachers in the Baltimore County School System has negatively affected students...Tags: School Examinations, High Schools, Schools, Teaching and Learning, Kevin Kamenetz
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Baltimore County legislators, parents to ask Dance to put more teachers in high schools
Baltimore County parents and legislators will ask incoming schools Superintendent Dallas Dance to consider putting more teachers in high schools, where class sizes have swelled since positions were eliminated a year ago.
Maryland Sen. James Brochin, a...Tags: Schools, Teaching and Learning, Pikesville, Arne Duncan, Students
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Timonium: From Hampton Mansion to Scouting for Food, a busy time for Troop 328
Boy Scout Troop 328 enjoyed a spring break trip to Hampton Mansion in April, which helped several Scouts complete a citizenship badge requirement. Ben and Tim Paulis, Dimitri Plaginakos, Ryan Siedenman and Sebastian Zea participated, as did leaders Kevin...Tags: Separation of Church and State, Timonium, Baltimore County, Trips and Vacations
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Crowding Balto. Co.'s classrooms
The results of Baltimore County Superintendent Joe Hairston's poor decision to cut teachers from high schools are now clear: A sharp drop in the number of classes available to students (including Advanced Placement courses), increasing class sizes and...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Baltimore County, Students, Science, Teachers
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Dance will work as a consultant in Baltimore County schools for June
Dallas Dance, Baltimore County's soon-to-be superintendent of schools, won't officially take the job until July 1, but the school board approved a contract Tuesday night that will allow him to begin working as a consultant for the month of June.
The...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Baltimore County, Bowie, Towson
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County Teacher of Year makes multicultural education an art form
This year's Baltimore County's Teacher of the Year has come a long way from the person who started her teaching career at Dundalk Middle School in 1990. Angela Rountree was a good art teacher back then, but good teachers don't get nominated for big...
Tags: Artists, Fine Artists, Music, Teaching and Learning, Students
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Ridgely Middle School instructor named county's Teacher of the Year
The day after Angela Rountree was named Baltimore County Teacher of the Year, she was back in the classroom doing what she does best — encouraging students of all abilities and from all backgrounds to express themselves through their art. The art...
Tags: Middle Schools, Schools, Ceremonies, Baltimore County, Teaching and Learning
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Before school board has its say on Mays Chapel site, members get an earful
Just 24 hours before the scheduled Board of Education vote on the proposed 700-seat Mays Chapel elementary school, the school board heard testimony from nearly 40 residents Monday night, March 19, at a meeting at Loch Raven High School that was attended...Tags: Elementary Schools, Schools, Timonium
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Mays Chapel school: We need answers
Taxpayers deserve answers to a number of questions regarding the proposed Mays Chapel school project. For example, why the air of secrecy surrounding the project? According to Third District Councilman Todd Huff, he was "caught by complete and total...Tags: Catonsville, Timonium, Teaching and Learning, Kevin Kamenetz, Students
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3 districts search for new superintendents, but have different processes
Searching for a new school superintendent in Maryland sometimes takes the skills of a CIA agent, including clandestine meetings and flights to faraway places. Three Maryland school boards are nearing the end of searches for new superintendents, and...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Howard County, Central Intelligence Agency, Bowie, Nancy Grasmick
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Superintendent candidate Foose known for reform work
In her 15 years working in Maryland public schools, Howard County Public School System superintendent candidate Renee Foose has developed a "proven record of success" in reforming schools to meet new standards of achievement, according to a system...Tags: Howard County, Montgomery County (Maryland), Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Towson University
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