The Harford County Board of Education will hold a business meeting on October 8th that will include Hall of Fame honors for Patricia Skebeck and recommendations from the school board’s citizen advisory committees. For her 30 years of service in Harford County Public Schools, former teacher and administrator Patricia L. Skebeck will be inducted into […]
Many HCPS Graduates Not Ready for Harford Community College
Hundreds of freshly minted Harford County Public School graduates head off to Harford Community College each fall only to discover that they’re not necessarily ready for college level work. Collectively, these students pay hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to take taxpayer-subsidized, transitional courses and re-learn what they ought to have learned in high […]
HCPS Interim Superintendent Skebeck to Recommend Red Pump Elementary for 2011 Occupancy
Harford County Public Schools Interim Superintendent Patricia Skebeck will recommend that plans be resumed to build Red Pump Elementary School with a revised occupancy date of 2011. The recommendation and a vote by the school board are expected at the board’s business meeting Monday, May 11, according to documents posted on the school system’s website. […]
“Green Is For Go – Go Build A School” Or Face Countywide School Redistricting?
Harford County Board of Education President Patrick L. Hess and Interim Superintendent Patricia L. Skebeck said in a letter dated April 27th that school boundaries will be adjusted countywide if an agreement cannot be reached in the debate over which new elementary school will be built to relieve overcrowding in the greater Bel Air area. […]
Board of Education To Consider Shifting Funds From Red Pump School To Campus Hills School
Interim Superintendent Patricia L. Skebeck is expected to recommend that the Harford County Board of Education remove $10 million in county fund appropriations from the planned Red Pump Elementary School project and transfer those appropriations to fund Campus Hills Elementary School instead. The recommendation cites Harford County Executive David Craig’s proposed FY 2010 budget, which […]
Patricia Skebeck Named Interim Harford Superintendent During 6-Month Nationwide Search
The Board of Education of Harford County named the current Executive Director of Elementary Education Patricia L. Skebeck as interim superintendent today, January 5, 2009, to fill the void left by the sudden passing of Dr. Jacqueline C. Haas. Mrs. Skebeck will serve as interim superintendent until July 1, 2009. Mrs. Skebeck is a graduate […]
