Category Archives: News Releases

Superintendent of Schools Dr. Mark Bedell tonight recommended to the Board of Education a $1.68 billion Fiscal Year 2024 operating budget that focuses heavily on what he called “embarrassing” compensation gaps for employees compared to other jurisdictions and provides staffing aimed at addressing the social, emotional, and academic growth of … Continue reading →

Approximately 850 students across the county will receive school bus transportation service next week as the second phase of Anne Arundel County Public Schools’ Alternative Vehicle Program is implemented. Seven more vans or SUVs will be put into service – five on Monday, December 12, and two on Tuesday, December … Continue reading →

Superintendent of Schools Dr. Mark Bedell will present his recommended Fiscal Year 2024 operating and capital budgets at the next meeting of the Board of Education of Anne Arundel County, scheduled for Wednesday, December 14, 2022. The budgets chart the course for the school system for the coming fiscal year, … Continue reading →

The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County will hold a public workshop next week to learn more from Superintendent of Schools Dr. Mark Bedell and staff about the school system’s work toward meeting the requirements of the Blueprint for Maryland’s future. The workshop will begin at 6:00 p.m. on … Continue reading →

The Board of Education today followed the recommendations of the school system’s Calendar Committee, adopting a 2023-2024 school year calendar that calls for classes to begin for students on Monday, August 28, 2023, and end on Thursday, June 13, 2024. The calendar maintains the holiday closings contained in the current … Continue reading →

The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County today re-elected Joanna Bache Tobin as president and Robert Silkworth as vice president. Tobin was elected to represent Councilmanic District 6 on the Board and began a four-year term on December 7, 2020. Silkworth was elected to represent Councilmanic District 2 on … Continue reading →

Ten teachers from all levels of the school system were named today as semifinalists for the 2023 Anne Arundel County Public Schools Teacher of the Year.  They are: Nea Baker, Spanish Teacher, Lindale Middle School Ian Burns, Instrumental Music Teacher, Arundel High School Mary Kay Connerton, Physical Education Teacher, Annapolis … Continue reading →

The meeting of the Board of Education’s Policy Committee that had been scheduled for 3 p.m. on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, has been canceled.

Richard Rogers, principal of Mills-Parole Elementary School in Annapolis, today was named the recipient of the 2022-2023 George Arlotto Leadership Award and will represent Anne Arundel County Public Schools in The Washington Post Principal of the Year program later this year. Rogers learned of the news this morning in the … Continue reading →

The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County will discuss and is scheduled to vote on A 2023-24 school year calendar at its next meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, December 7, 2022. At its November 16, 2022, meeting, the Board was presented with a calendar recommended by the school system’s Calendar … Continue reading →