The following message was sent on Monday from the private e-mail account of Harford County Board of Education Vice-President Rick Grambo to the following recipients: Maryland State Board of Education President Dr. Charlene M. Dukes, Maryland State Superintendent of Schools Dr. Lillian M. Lowery, Baltimore County Public Schools Board of Education President Lawrence E. Schmidt, […]
Grambo to Introduce Resolution Rejecting All Funds Paid Up-Front by State or Federal Government for Implementation of Common Core State Standards
From Rick Grambo, Vice President Harford County Board of Education: I will offer the following resolution at Monday’s Board of Education Business meeting. It is my sincere hope that the County Executive, members of the County Council, and members of the state delegation will openly express their support for this important motion prior to the […]
Reynolds Elected Harford County Board of Education President; Grambo Elected Vice President
From the Harford County Board of Education: The Board of Education of Harford County met for an open business meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, July 29, 2013, in the Board Room of the HCPS/A.A. Roberty Building and took the following actions and received the following presentations: Conducted elections for the president and vice president […]
New Common Core Standards Coming to All Maryland Schools Next Year; “A Sea Change” for K-12 Education
Q. What is the Common Core? A. “A sea change” for education New standards known as the “Common Core” are coming to all Maryland schools next year, designed to ensure that future high school graduates are career and college ready. Whether the Common Core will succeed as intended is unknown, even as Harford County Public […]
Board President Rick Grambo Moves to Assert Parental Rights, Local Control in Harford School Board’s 2013 Legislative Platform
At a business meeting held Monday, Harford School Board President Rick Grambo moved to scrap the text of a 20-page Legislative Platform recommended in November by Superintendent Robert Tomback and replace it with the following: “Whereas the family unit is where the best decisions are made for children, we support legislation that brings the governance […]
New Harford County Board of Education President Grambo: “I Want Public School to Succeed”
As the new president of the Harford County School Board, Rick Grambo heads a nine-member body that oversees a nearly half billion dollar budget, not to mention the education of 38,000 students. Despite that eye-popping responsibility, the school board’s power is limited, in ways that Grambo says he sometimes doesn’t like, and in ways the […]
James Murdza Elected to Harford County Public School Educator Hall of Fame; Ring Factory Elementary Named National Blue Ribbon School; Edgewood High Debuts Music Video
From Harford County Public Schools: The Board of Education of Harford County met in an open business meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, October 22, 2012, in the Board Room of the HCPS/A.A. Roberty Building and took the following actions or received the following presentations: Unanimously voted Francis F. “Rick” Grambo as president and Nancy […]
Harford County Board of Education Sept. 24: Moment of Silence in Memory of President Wheeler; Decision on Capital Budget Request
The Harford County Board of Education will hold its first meeting since the sudden death of Board President Leonard D. Wheeler in earlier this month, with a moment of silence and an opportunity for public remarks planned in his memory on Monday, September 24, 2012. Following a brief recess, the board business meeting will resume […]
