The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County is now accepting public comment on a new policy and accompanying regulation that would replace the current high school semester exams with more timely quarterly assessments. Policy IIH and its accompanying administrative regulation, IIH-RA, are posted here and can also be accessed … Continue reading
The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County tonight unanimously approved a $159.9 million capital budget for Fiscal Year 2017 that contains funding for renovation or replacement projects at nine schools and design funding for a Crofton area high school. The Board made no changes to Superintendent George Arlotto’s recommendation. … Continue reading
The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County will conduct a public hearing on Superintendent George Arlotto’s recommended Fiscal Year 2017 Capital Budget and six-year Capital Improvement Plan during its next regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, September 16, 2015. The six-year plan, which includes a $159.9 million capital budget for … Continue reading
The Anne Arundel County Department of Health and Anne Arundel County Public Schools are teaming up once again to give elementary students the opportunity to receive free FluMist vaccines. Between Monday, October 26, 2015, and Thursday, November 5, 2015, healthy children in kindergarten through fifth grade may receive the vaccine … Continue reading
Ben Thompson of George Fox Middle School and Hilary Thompson of Old Mill Middle School North have been named winners of the 2015 Jan Hollmann Environmental Education Award. The award is named for the late Jan Hollmann, an environmental activist who created the first land trust in Maryland, now known … Continue reading
Seven students from six Anne Arundel County public high schools have been selected as semifinalists in the 2016 National Merit Scholarship competition. North County High School led the list with two students, while Broadneck, Meade, Arundel, Old Mill, and Severna Park high schools followed with one student each. The prestigious … Continue reading
Superintendent George Arlotto today recommended a $159.9 million FY2017 capital budget to the Board of Education that aligns with the recommendations of the newly updated school facilities study, maintains the priority of previously funded renovation or replacement projects, and provides funding for four new major projects, including a new high … Continue reading
Anne Arundel County Public Schools has a $2.1 billion infrastructure backlog with regard to school facilities, and needs five new schools to accommodate increasing student enrollment during the first phase of the 10-year plan, according to an independent updated school facilities study presented to the Board of Education today. The … Continue reading
Jennie Merrill, a fifth-grade teacher at Severna Park Elementary School, today was named one of seven finalists for the 2015-2016 Maryland Teacher of the Year by the Maryland State Department of Education. Merrill is the third Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) teacher to be named a finalist for the … Continue reading
The closed session portion of the Board of Education of Anne Arundel County’s September 2, 2015, meeting will begin at 8 a.m. instead of the previously announced time of 8:30 a.m. During closed session, the Board will discuss confidential matters as permitted by the Maryland Open Meetings Act including, but … Continue reading