School is out for the summer but that’s not all teachers have to smile about, thanks to a victory in a precedent-setting case involving Harford County Public Schools, freedom of speech and Chris Battaglia. Battaglia is known as the former assistant principal who ran afoul of Superintendent Jacqueline C. Haas after he let it slip […]
Ekey: “Unacceptable Level Of Failure” In Harford County Public Schools Warrants Scrutiny
Dear Mr. Smilko: The Aegis reported recently that you made the statement that “the dropout rate is decreasing”. In fact, the dropout rate for the Harford County Public Schools for 2007 is the second highest dropout rate out of the past five years. The rates in 2003, 2004, and 2005 were all lower than the […]
“Take Your Child To Work Day” gets a no go from Superintendent Haas
“Take Your child To Work Day”… seems like an easy concept. I can remember as a child I looked forward to the fact that my mom, a speech pathologist in the school system, would take my sisters and I to work on that special day. The whole day was so cool right down to eating […]