Another in an occasional series of informal reports, analysis and opinion based on a meeting of the Harford County Board of Education. A decision last week by the Harford County Board of Education to award high school credit for foreign language courses completed in middle school also sparked a backlash against mandates and raised the [...]
Harford Schools Scratch Pad: Plan to Award High School Credit for Foreign Language Courses Completed in Middle School Raises Specter of Inequity
May 19, 2013 By 11 Comments
Harford County Board of Education Agenda May 13: Expanded Advertising in Schools; High School Credit for Foreign Languages Completed in Middle School
May 12, 2013 By 4 Comments
On the meeting agenda for May 13th, the Harford County Board of Education is planning votes on expanding advertising opportunities in schools and awarding high school credit for foreign language courses completed in middle school. Board members will also hear a financial report including a projected $4.4 million unassigned fund balance for the 2013 fiscal [...]
Harford County Public Schools Employee Charged with Unnatural and Perverted Sexual Practice for Having Sex with Dog
May 8, 2013 By 116 Comments
A Harford County Public Schools employee has been charged with unnatural and perverted sexual practice for having intercourse with a dog, according to court documents. Stephanie Mikles, 45, of Jarrettsville was indicted on April 16 for having sexual intercourse with a dog at her home between August 1, 2008 and August 31, 2008, according to [...]
Harford School Board Seeks Input on Superintendent Tomback’s Successor; Interim Replacement to be Named in Coming Weeks
May 5, 2013 By 60 Comments
Choosing a superintendent is arguably the single most consequential decision a school board has to make, affecting not only the school system, but the public at large. The Harford County Board of Education plans to do it twice in the next twelve months, first by naming an interim superintendent in the coming weeks to replace [...]
New “Fair Share” Fees in Harford County Could Shift Hundreds of Thousands Dollars from Non-Members’ Salaries into Union Coffers
April 28, 2013 By 118 Comments
New state legislation awaiting the governor’s signature paves the way for employee unions in Harford County Public Schools to begin collecting representation fees from non-members. The new fees are to help offset the cost of exclusive collective bargaining services that the unions have long provided for members and non-members alike. Called “fair share” fees by [...]
Cell Phone Ban Lifted in Harford County Circuit Court Following Letter Writing Campaign by Bel Air Resident
April 21, 2013 By 22 Comments
Cell phones are no longer banned in Harford County Circuit Court, belatedly bringing the court into compliance with a rule allowing the public to bring phones inside Maryland courthouses. County Administrative Judge William O. Carr lifted the local ban last week, following a letter-writing campaign by Bel Air resident Patrick Lovett. Lovett uncovered MD Rule [...]
