Exactly one week before gubernatorial candidate and Harford County Executive David Craig was set to release his recommended county budget for fiscal year 2015, the county teachers’ union marched more than 300 teachers, parents and students through the streets of Bel Air on Tuesday evening, chanting and carrying signs in support of education funding. The […]
In the upcoming primary elections for Harford County School Board, four candidates will be on the ballot in District D, which includes Jarrettsville, Norrisville, Whiteford, Street, Dublin, Darlington, Level and Forest Hill. The field of four is comprised of incumbent board president Nancy Reynolds, former HCPS teacher Chris Scholz, engineering technology company project manager Mike […]
Harford County Public Schools posted the following message on Facebook today announcing new Maryland immunization requirements for students beginning next school year: Parents/guardians of current 6th grade students: Beginning with the 2014-15 school year, new immunizations are required for all children entering 7th grade. One Tdap vaccination and one meningococcal vaccination are now required. Look […]
The next installment of The Dagger’s Q & A with candidates for the Harford County Board of Education features the candidates in District E, which includes Aberdeen, Churchville and Fountain Green. Among the four candidates who filed to run in District E, Stephen Macko has since told The Dagger that he is no longer running. […]
With school board elections on the horizon, The Dagger invited all Harford County school board candidates to answer the same three questions designed to help voters in each council district evaluate their choices. Candidates were told that once responses were received from all participants they would be published by district, with answers unabridged to let […]
Harford County Public Schools will request a five-day waiver from the state’s 180-instructional day requirement, creating the potential for summer vacation to begin a day earlier than currently planned in June, a spokesperson for HCPS said Wednesday. The Maryland State Board of Education voted Tuesday to let local school systems apply for a waiver of […]
Allegations that children are being bullied and abused in Harford County Public Schools have come from public speakers at two recent school board meetings, representing what they say is a group of parents systemwide who either witnessed, or were told by others, about abuse by students and staff. Superintendent Barbara Canavan said Tuesday that anyone […]
The Harford County Board of Education plans a March 24th business meeting to include recognition of top student athletes, proposed changes to the school calendar policy, and an update on a planned analysis of school facilities. First on the agenda, the Board will recognize the following student athletes and teams that won state championships or […]
