The Board of Education today approved a $1.17 billion operating budget request for Fiscal Year 2018 that would provide every school system employee with a compensation increase, add 93 classroom teachers, and allocate $20.5 million to address critical issues in the employee health-care fund. The Board increased the request made … Continue reading
As Anne Arundel County Public Schools develops its new strategic plan to chart the course for the coming years, the school system is hosting a series of public forums to allow residents to provide their input and help shape the plan. AACPS’ current strategic plan, which can be found here, … Continue reading
For more than 14 years, the attorney members of the Anne Arundel Bar Association (AABA) have been strong community partners with Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS), providing financial support for programs designed to ensure that our neediest students come to school ready to learn and succeed academically. Through its … Continue reading
The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County will discuss and adopt its Fiscal Year 2018 operating and capital budget requests at its next meeting, scheduled for 10 a.m. on Wednesday, February 15, 2017. The meeting will be held in the Board Room at the Parham Building, located at 2644 … Continue reading
Anne Arundel County Public Schools prekindergarten registration for the 2017-2018 school year will be held at county elementary schools beginning February 8, 2017. Registration must be done in person at the school in which the child will be enrolled. Children enrolling in prekindergarten must be 4 years old by September … Continue reading
The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County today unanimously approved a new healthcare contract with CareFirst that will save the school system $16.9 million over a three-year period beginning in January 2018. School system officials and consultant Aon Hewitt negotiated the new contract with CareFirst over a period of … Continue reading
The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County will hear a presentation on the safety of school buses and adopt positions on several bills currently before the General Assembly at its next meeting, scheduled for February 1, 2017. Anne Arundel County Public Schools transports approximately 59,000 students to and from … Continue reading
Led by the seventh consecutive year of gains among African-American and special education students, Anne Arundel County Public Schools saw a 1.08 percentage point increase in its graduation rate and surpassed the state’s four-year graduation rate for the Class of 2016, according to data released by the Maryland State Department … Continue reading
The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County today adopted changes to its grading policy that implements a cum laude honors system and maintains traditional valedictorian and salutatorian honors at all high schools. Under the cum laude honors system, seniors with a cumulative weighted grade-point average of 4.3 or higher … Continue reading
The Board of Education today declined to move any options to redistrict Broadneck and Cape St. Claire elementary schools forward to public hearing, ending the process begun by a citizen committee several months ago. The committee had studied options available to alleviate, to the extent possible, overcrowding at Broadneck Elementary … Continue reading