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James E. Johnston, a retired Navy Department worker who also maintained a home improvement business, died Sunday of cancer at FutureCare Lochearn. He was 88. - For the school's 10th anniversary this year, Folly Quarter Middle School students, with the help of an artist-in-residence, created a large, four-panel mosaic mural to leave as their legacy.
- The state senate's latest attempt to add representation to Baltimore County's Board of Education died again Tuesday morning when Sen. Ed Kasemeyer withdrew his support for the bill, causing a 4-4 deadlock in the Baltimore County delegation's vote.
- Jewish Community Services offers "Keys to a Successful Job Search" Cedarmere Elementary PTA sponsors the citrus sale
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- Parents from Hillcrest Elementary School on Tuesday, Feb. 5, lobbied the Baltimore County Board of Education to take note of the school's overcrowded conditions and begin searching for a solution.
- After unhappy teachers prompted an unusually large turnout at his first budget hearing for 2013, Harford County Executive David Craig told the audience Monday night it was the state's fault the education budget is in trouble.
- Hattie Harrison, the matriarch of East Baltimore politics who often greeted colleagues as "Baby" and was known for her signature curled hair and Southern cooking, will be remembered at a funeral at noon Feb. 9.
- As Harford County Executive David R. Craig is putting together his budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1, special interests from across the county are trying to muster supporters to attend a public budget meeting Monday night
- Del. Geraldine Valentino-Smith, a Bowie Democrat, is asking the Prince George's County Delegation to convene a task force to review current and best practices for the county school board, in regards to the composition, qualifications and compensation of board members
- Harford County teachers want their salaries to begin moving higher after several years of stagnation, but not at the expense of the health care benefits they currently receive, the head of their union said earlier this week.
- Comments from parents of children at the aging Homestead-Wakefield Elementary School in Bel Air were once again at the forefront during the final public input session Wednesday on the Harford school system's proposed 2014 budget.
- The Harford County Board of Education held another public input session Monday night in Bel Air on the school system's proposed budget for fiscal year 2014, with several speakers asking the board to rethink its priorities on such matters as buying new computers and replacing aging school buildings.
- Walls will be going up this summer and that's good news for faculty and parents at Halethorpe Elementary School. The construction means the end of six open-concept classrooms at the school on Maple Avenue.
- Baltimore County Police are investigating four robberies in the Towson area on Thursday, including two that targeted students from Towson High and Dumbarton Middle as they walked home from school.
- Baltimore County students made paper snowflakes for local organizations as part of the "Snowflakes for Sandy Hook" project
- Stoneleigh, Oakleigh elementaries creating Snowflakes for Sandy Hook
- Thanks to more generous donations between last Wednesday and Saturday, The Aegis Empty Stocking Fund has moved well past its 2012 fundraising goal before Christmas.
- The Baltimore school system is evaluating whether to retain hundreds of temporary employees and plans to let many of them go by the end of the week — before schools close for the holiday break.
- A Burleigh Manor Middle School seventh-grader crafted her first full composition, "The Flow of Water," and entered it in an annual National PTA competition. Polly's work won the top national honor for music composition in May and will be among the works exhibited at the U.S. Department of Education.
- For Erica Hamlett-Nicholson's 11-year-old son, Shawn Nowlin was his most trusted confidant when the Hazelwood Elementary/Middle School fifth-grader needed to work through the depression of his parents' separation.
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- Teachers know parents mean well and they appreciate the thought, but they have their preferences. To take the angst out of gift giving, we interviewed local teachers and parents and compiled a list of the best and worst holiday gifts for teachers.
