The Board of Education will hold two public hearings on Superintendent George Arlotto’s recommended Fiscal Year 2016 Operating and Capital budgets this week. Public hearings will be held on Tuesday, January 6, 2015, at Old Mill High School, and Thursday, January 8, 2015, in the Board Room at the Parham … Continue reading
The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County will vote on which redistricting options regarding several Annapolis-area schools to take to a public hearing at its next meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, January 7, 2015. The meeting will be held in the Board Room at the Parham Building, located at 2644 … Continue reading
Schools Superintendent George Arlotto and Children’s Guild President and Chief Executive Officer Andrew Ross today announced that the opening of the Guild’s third Monarch school in Anne Arundel County will be delayed by two years while the parties focus on finding a location and implementing a program that would better … Continue reading
During a five-day period during the Thanksgiving holiday, all secondary schools were challenged to conserve energy by unplugging most electrical devices as part of the Gobble Up Energy Savings campaign. As a result, $12,306 was saved in comparison to the amount of energy used during the same time period last … Continue reading
Forty-six public school teachers and four private school teachers will be honored on April 15, 2015, as Anne Arundel County Public Schools and the Annapolis & Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce celebrate the 29th annual Excellence in Education banquet at the BWI Marriott in Linthicum. The event will also … Continue reading
The Board of Education has appointed four new members to its Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) and shifted the representation of two other members to fill all but one vacancy on the group. Appointed by the Board at its December 10 meeting were: Karen Broseker, Northeast cluster secondary schools representative Jack … Continue reading
Superintendent George Arlotto today recommended to the Board of Education a $1.1 billion operating budget for Fiscal Year 2016 that would facilitate compensation increases for all employees and place a heavy emphasis on early literacy, elementary education, and English Language Learners as part of a focused effort to attack achievement … Continue reading
Lake Shore and Severna Park elementary schools were among six schools to be named 2015 Maryland Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence today, making Anne Arundel County Public Schools the lone jurisdiction in the state with multiple honorees. Eighteen county schools have earned the prestigious state honor given by the Maryland … Continue reading
Results of the public survey regarding options proposed by the 15-member School Start Times Task Force have been compiled and are now available online. The task force – made up of parents, Anne Arundel County government and Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) representatives, and a high school student – … Continue reading
Thousands of county students from all grade levels will vie for $20,000 worth of technology as part of the statewide and worldwide Hour of Code challenge to promote computer programming during Computer Science Education Week (December 8-14). From self-guided programming tutorials to using Chromebooks and Code Studio curricula and various … Continue reading