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Doris Mae Hoey Snyder, an Annapolis resident who performed as the head majorette for the Baltimore Colts Marching Band and later formed the Washington Redskins' squad, died Dec. 18 at the Baltimore Washington Medical Center after suffering an aortic dissection. She was 85.

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Howard County schools' deputy superintendent Ray Brown says he contemplated retiring in the spring after a 41-year career but opted to stay on with the district at the request of new Superintendent Renee Foose.

Howard County schools deputy superintendent of operations Ray Brown is retiring from the system effective Jan., 1, said Howard County officials on Wednesday night.

Howard County Public School System is shifting from an in-house legal counsel model to an outside model, effective Oct. 1, which means General Counsel Mark Blom and Staff Attorney Dan Furman will no longer be with the school system.

The capital budget request for fiscal year 2014 totals $107 million for Howard County schools, but money remains tight, Superintendent Renee Foose and Deputy Superintendent of Operations Ray Brown reminded the Board of Education.

Howard County prepares for the first day of school Monday, Aug. 27. Several changes will greet students, including an expanded world language pilot, a new middle school curriculum or, in the case of those affected by redistricting, a whole new school.

Howard County Superintendent Renee Foose Thursday named Elizabeth Grace Chesney as the schools' new chief accountability officer. Foose has twice previously worked with Chesney, in Montgomery and Baltimore counties.

New Howard school superintendent Renee Foose has named a deputy superintendent of operations, as part of an effort to divvy up duties held by deputy superintendent Mamie Perkins, who retired last week.

Shortly before retiring this summer, Howard County school superintendent Sydney Cousin told employees in the central office that he was giving them a pay raise but did not take the matter before the school board for approval.

Deputy Superintendent Mamie Perkins has retired from the Howard County Public School System, effective immediately, school spokeswoman Rebecca Amani-Dove confirmed Wednesday. Perkins had been deputy since 2011, and had been with Howard school administration since 1986.

The Howard County Council and Board of Education decided Thursday to push back their votes on their budgets.

The Board of Education approved Tuesday a $697 million operating budget request for fiscal year 2013.

Superintendent Sydney Cousin presented his proposed operating budget for fiscal year 2013 -- $697.1 million, a 1.9 percent increase from last year.

If the school board's decision on how to spend $4 million coming to the county from state alcohol tax revenue does not align with the county executive's priority for the funding, it will likely be a while before county high schools have artificial turf fields.

When looking at how to spend the $4 million it was slated to get from state alcohol tax revenues, the school system picked projects for five schools, all of which are in Columbia and in the districts where legislators voted for the 50 percent increase in the state alcohol tax.

The Howard County Board of Education approved several policies and a world language pilot program at its June 9 meeting.