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Achievement gap hot topic at African American Roundtable panel
When it comes to closing the achievement gap between minority students and their white counterparts, the Howard County Public School System is doing some promising things, said State Superintendent Lillian Lowery. "The partnerships with Harvard...
Tags: Separation of Church and State, Teaching and Learning, Students, Renee Foose, Harvard University
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Redistricting Commission proposes changes to County Council boundaries
After spending the summer crunching population numbers and looking at possible boundary lines, the Howard County Redistricting Commission has come up with three County Council district maps to present to the public. Two of the proposed maps make fairly...Tags: Local Government, Ellicott City, 2010 Census
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School board study commission, Howard residents dislike all-appointed option
At least one option for restructuring the Howard County school board appears to be off the table. Not one member of the Howard County Board of Education Study Commission expressed support for an all-appointed board at their meeting Thursday, Sept. 8,...Tags: NAACP, Referenda, Culture, Gomez (music group), Howard County
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Commission recommends changes for all council districts
The Councilmanic Redistricting Commission has selected a map to send to the County Council that makes changes to all five council districts. Nearly 26,000 residents, or roughly 9 percent of the county's population, according to the 2010 census data the...Tags: Ellicott City, Democratic Party, 2010 Census
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Choice to put Wheatfield in Columbia district defies logic
On Oct. 5, I attended the final working session of the committee responsible for proposing a revision of the county's voting districts. The committee whittled down a large number of proposed maps to two. The first, Map 201, moves more than 25,000 people...Tags: Ellicott City, Constitutional Issues, Democracy
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Residents form political club for black Democrats
It's been more than eight months since Larry Walker finished last among the eight candidates vying for the four open Board of Education seats in the 2010 General Election, but some members of the black community are still wondering what went wrong.
"I...Tags: Local Government, Referenda, Jeff Robinson, Clubs and Associations, African Americans
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Debate over Ellicott City neighborhoods heats up at council redistricting hearing
Accusations of gerrymandering, ignoring common interests and putting politics above community concerns highlighted a contentious debate this week on the proposed redrawing of County Council boundaries. About 100 residents of the Wheatfield neighborhood...Tags: Ellicott City, Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Democratic Party
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Electing board by district would serve diversity, voters
The panel that County Executive Ken Ulman has promised to appoint to study means of diversifying the membership of the local Board of Education should give every consideration to the idea of electing board members by district.
County voters have always...Tags: Local Government, Ken Ulman, Clubs and Associations, Elections, Local Elections
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Redistricting plan would wreck working relationship
On Nov. 7 I attended the County Council's public hearing on proposed changes to voting districts with more than 130 of my neighbors from Wheatfield. We turned out in these large numbers to ask the council to adopt a map that allows our community to remain...Tags: Ellicott City, Voting
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Two California state senators resign to join Congress
PolitiCalAs expected, state Sens. Juan Vargas (D-San Diego) and Gloria Negrete-McLeod (D-Chino) are stepping down from state office Wednesday so they can take seats in Congress, to which they were elected Nov. 6. Negrete-McLeod's resignation is effective at 11:... -
From the Cubicle
I was at the game last night and thought when they rolled the tarp out with two outs in the bottom of the ninth they were just calling it a year. Put a lid on this one. Thanks, it's been great. As they say, wait until next year. Alas, per league rules...Tags: Reggie Sanders, Jerry Hairston, Jr,, Mia Hamm, Major League Baseball, David Eckstein
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