The following letter was sent from Harford County Education Association President Ryan Burbey to Harford County Public Schools Superintendent Barbara Canavan. A copy was provided to The Dagger for publication: Dear Ms. Canavan, In my capacity as the HCEA president, I am required to serve as chief spokesman of the Association. As such, it is […]
Harford County Education Association Endorses Robertson for Havre de Grace City Council
From the Harford County Education Association: The Harford County Education Association announced its endorsement of Jason Robertson for Havre de Grace City Council. Mr. Robertson has a profound commitment to public service, demonstrated through his active duty service in the United States Army. Following his deployment to Iraq in 2008 & 2009, Mr. Robertson was […]
Harford County Education Association Offers $1,500 Future Educator Scholarship
From the Harford County Education Association: HCEA’s commitment to advocate for the education profession begins at an early age. This commitment is reflected in The HCEA Future Educator Scholarship. The HCEA Future Educator Scholarship awards $1500.00 to a well deserving public high school senior pursing a degree in education. To be considered for the scholarship, […]
New Harford Democratic Club Meets with HCEA; Board of Education Elections Discussed
From the New Harford Democratic Club: Minutes of the New Harford Democratic Club Wednesday, January 4, 2017, at the Aberdeen Holiday Inn Express President Johnson opened the meeting at 7:06p Johnson led those present in a pledge to the flag Steve Johnson welcome everybody and asked those present to identify themselves. Motion to approve the […]
Harford County Board of Education and 3 Employee Unions Jointly Announce New Agreements
From Harford County Public Schools: The Board of Education and HCEA Reach Agreement On December 15, 2016, at the conclusion of daylong negotiations, the Board of Education of Harford County (the Board) and the Harford County Education Association (HCEA) reached a tentative agreement on behalf of the approximately 3,000 certificated instructional employees exclusively represented by […]
Burbey: “We Must Stop the Flight of Underpaid and Over-Worked Teachers from Our Schools”
From Ryan Burbey, President, Harford County Education Association: On October 27th the HCEA Representative Assembly voted unanimously to present a specific list of budgetary recommendations to Superintendent Canavan. On November 21st, HCEA sent these recommendations to both Superintendent Canavan and all the members of the Harford County Board of Education. You can read the HCEA […]
Burbey: “Cuts to Teaching Positions Without Appropriate Cuts to Central Office Administration are Indefensible”
From the Harford County Education Association: Superintendent Canavan has recommended cuts, which include eliminating all swimming programs, closing HCPS pools and eliminating 23 teaching positions. However no cuts to the robust HCPS administrative bureaucracy were recommended. While we understand decreases in enrollment will necessitate some cuts to teaching positions, we believe it is crucial that […]
Burbey: “Speak Out to Make Sure that the Harford County Board of Education Creates a Sustainable Budget”
From the Harford County Education Association: In October, HCEA submitted a letter delineating a list of potential cost-savings measures to Superintendent Canavan. You can download a copy of this letter below. To date, HCEA has received no substantive response to these recommendations. We are still hopeful that the Harford County Board of Education will implement […]
