Carroll County Public Schools will hold an informational meeting to discuss nonpublic schools' eligibility for funding through the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as well as from the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
The meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Thursday in the board room of the public schools offices, 125 N. Court St., Westminster.
The No Child Left Behind Act provides benefits to private school students, teachers and other education personnel, including those in religiously affiliated schools.
The law requires the equitable participation of private school students, teachers and other education personnel in some of its major programs.
The meeting will discuss the following ESEA programs included in the Master Plan:
Title I, Part A: Improving Academic Achievement of Disadvantaged Students - Basic Programs.
Title II, Part A: Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund.
Title II, Part D: Enhancing Education Through Technology.
Title III, Part A: English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement.
Title IV, Part A: Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities.
Title V, Part A: Innovative Programs.
Special Education Services. The session will be videotaped and aired on CETV Channel 21 next month.
Reservations are requested at 410-751-3161.
Information: 410-751-3094.
Hearings set on operating budget
The Carroll County Board of Education has announced the dates for public presentation, review and input to the operating budget for the Carroll County Public School System for the 2007-2008 school year.
Jan. 10: Presentation of superintendent's proposed fiscal 2008 budget at 5 p.m. in the board meeting room 007, board offices, 125 N. Court St., Westminster.
Jan. 31: Public hearing on superintendent's proposed fiscal 2008 budget at 7 p.m. at Parr's Ridge Elementary School, 202 Watersville Road, Mount Airy.
Feb. 21: Public hearing and adoption of board's proposed fiscal 2008 budget at 7 p.m. at Winters Mill High School, 560 Gorsuch Road, Westminster. Information: 410-751-3020, TTY 410-751-3034.
Calendars raise funds for St. John
St. John Catholic School's seventh-grade students led a fundraiser in Westminster to support the computer lab and help pay for classroom computer improvements throughout the school.
The students created a St. John calendar, and each grade was assigned one month for which one student's artwork would be displayed for that month.
Within each month, students, parents, teachers and others could "purchase a day" and wish happy birthday, anniversary or other occassions.
The entire school pitched in to raise more than $10,000.
The calendars are available for $15.
Information: 410-876-2248, ext. 218.
McDaniel sponsors open trip to Egypt
McDaniel College is sponsoring a trip to Egypt March 8-18 that is open to the community.
The trip costs $2,700, plus optional insurance of $134. The price includes airfare, sightseeing and entrance fees, four-day cruise with meals, breakfast and dinner on other days, hotel accommodations, and an Egyptian visa.
The tour will visit Cairo, the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, the Citadel of Saladdin, Memphis, Sakkara and Giza. The four-day Nile cruise will stop at Luxor and Karnak, the Valley of the Kings, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Aswan, and Abu Simbel.
Information: 410-857-2462.