SUPERINTENDENT KEVIN MAXWELL RESIGNS TO BECOME CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS; BOARD TO DISCUSS VACANCY AT EMERGENCY CLOSED SESSION ON SATURDAY

Schools Superintendent Kevin Maxwell today submitted his resignation to the Anne Arundel County Board of Education in order to take a similar position in Prince George’s County Public Schools. The letter was submitted shortly after Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III announced Dr. Maxwell as his choice to … Continue reading

AACPS’ CLASS OF 2013 CONTINUES RECORD-SETTING ACHIEVEMENT WITH MORE THAN $127 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIP OFFERS; SCHOLARSHIP OFFERS TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS UP 61 PERCENT OVER LAST TWO YEARS

With one high school orbiting beyond the 20 million-dollar mark and three county students earning prestigious Gates Millennium scholarships worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, the Class of 2013 was offered more than $127 million, far surpassing last year’s record of nearly $110 million.  The feat continues a rising trend … Continue reading

BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVES FISCAL YEAR 2014 OPERATING BUDGET THAT PROVIDES EQUIVALENT OF 3 PERCENT RAISES FOR EMPLOYEES, FUNDS NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL STEM PROGRAM AND OPENING OF PHOENIX ACADEMY

The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County today formally approved a $1.004 billion operating budget for the coming fiscal year that provides the equivalent of a 3 percent compensation increase for all school system employee groups and funds the opening of the county’s first middle school STEM magnet program … Continue reading