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Howard Board of Education approves $734.9 million budget request
The Howard County Board of Education Thursday unanimously approved a $734.9 operating budget request for fiscal 2014 — up nearly $14 million from Superintendent Renee Foose’s initial proposal of $721.1 million. “The board has to put...
Tags: Finance, Ken Ulman, Ellicott City, Budgets and Budgeting
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Howard school system takes look at start times
After months of gathering public input on the workings of Howard County schools during her Listen and Learn forums, Superintendent Renee Foose saw a common concern from parents and students: when the school day begins. As such, the school system...
Tags: Students, High Schools, Elementary Schools, Schools, Teaching and Learning
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Aspects of Foose's proposed budget get public support
The hiring of a dietitian to aid in student nutrition. The creation of new liaison positions to help minorities succeed. Maintaining funding for science and gifted and talented programs. Those were three aspects of Superintendent Renee Foose's...
Tags: Students, Biology, Teaching and Learning, Movies, Agriculture
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School focus groups 'dive deep' looking for improvement
By now, hundreds of people in Howard County have helped begin forming a strategic plan for the school system, whether it be through the Listen and Learn forums hosted by Superintendent Renee Foose last fall, submitting their thoughts online or by...Tags: Students, Elementary Schools, Schools, Teaching and Learning, Employees
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15 Howard County teachers receive National Board Certification
Fifteen Howard County educators recently achieved National Board Certification — the highest credential for the educational profession. “Like board-certified doctors and accountants, teachers who achieve National Board Certification have met...Tags: High Schools, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, Schools, Teaching and Learning
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HCEA: School system has millions in health care turnover
In recent years, at the end of every fiscal cycle, the Howard County Public School System has had a surplus of millions of dollars from the employee health care fund, the leader of the county's teachers' union said Thursday night. For the past three...
Tags: Finance, Health and Safety at School, Health Insurance Cost, Teaching and Learning, Employees
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Superintendent, teachers union debate use of health care surplus
When first-year Superintendent Renee Foose presented her first operating budget for Howard County public schools, she lauded the proposal as being just a $7 million increase over last year's budget and said it meets the primary objective of protecting the...Tags: Finance, Health and Safety at School, Teaching and Learning, Employees, Budgets and Budgeting
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Foose announces focus groups
When Renee Foose became superintendent of the Howard County Public School System last July, she announced the development of a five-year strategic plan — after gathering as much community input as possible. Foose completed the first phase of data-...
Tags: Annapolis, Ellicott City
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Six schools earn state Blue Ribbon honors
Four Baltimore-area schools are among the six that have earned state Blue Ribbon honors, Maryland Department of Education officials said on Thursday. Baltimore County's Chadwick Elementary in the Woodlawn area and Charlesmont Elementary in Dundalk were...Tags: Students, Montgomery County (Maryland), Robert Frost, Baltimore County, Teaching and Learning
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Groups addressing cyberbullying meet with Howard council
Bullying within the Howard County Public School System hasn't increased in recent years, schools superintendent Renee Foose said Monday. But with social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, it does present new outlets. "Bullying hasn't increased,...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Social Media, Twitter, Inc., Teaching and Learning
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Foose unveils $721 million proposal for Howard schools
Superintendent Renee Foose’s first proposed operating budget since taking the helm of Howard County schools carries a price tag of $721.1 million, a 2.5 percent increase from last year. “In this proposed budget, my highest priority is to...
Tags: Students, Conservation, Teaching and Learning, Ken Ulman, Ellicott City
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After Sandy Hook, steps to improve school safety in Howard County
The mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. last month will forever change schooling, said Howard County Superintendent Renee Foose, and there can be no guarantee that something "so unnatural" can't happen locally. But schools...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Teaching and Learning, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Ken Ulman, Clarksville
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