Following the passage of state legislation last year, the Harford County Board of Education is in the early stages of a transition from a fully appointed, seven-member board to a nine-member blended board consisting of both appointed and elected members. The first school board elections were held last week, when the voters chose three new […]
Harford County Board of Education Member Robin Rich To Resign In December
Harford County Board of Education member Robin Rich, who represents the North Harford area, announced moments ago at Monday night’s Board meeting that she will resign her position effective December 1. Rich’s departure will reduce the seven-member Board of Education down to just five members (with earlier resignation of John Smilko of Joppa this summer) […]
School Board Scratchpad: Worth Racing To The Top In Harford?
The first in an occasional series of informal reports and ruminations on meetings of the Harford County Board of Education. The latest school board meeting was about a race, and well, race. It generated interesting discussions, especially from board vice-president, Leonard Wheeler. Dr. Wheeler has been somewhat of a maverick, albeit an unfailingly courteous one. […]
Red Pump It Is: Board of Ed Votes 5-2 To Proceed With Vale Road School
Ending a face-off with the Harford County Council over which of two planned elementary schools would be built first, the Harford County Board of Education voted 5 to 2 last night to proceed with Red Pump Elementary. Red Pump has also been approved for construction funding by the council, paving the way for relief of […]
Noone: “The Board of Education is Failing Our Students”
The following letter was sent to several Harford County Board of Education Members and Interim Superintendent Patricia L. Skebeck from Prospect Mill Elementary School parent Janet Noone. A copy was provided to The Dagger for publication. Dear Board Members, It was with much disappointment and dismay that I heard the BOE vote last night to […]
