Alexis Parrott of St. Anne’s School of Annapolis outlasted 29 other champion spellers today to capture the title at the 32nd annual Anne Arundel County Spelling Bee. Alexis correctly spelled the word “Maltese” in the 10th round to win the championship. Vivien Kaplan of Key School finished second and Ayesha … Continue reading
The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County is scheduled to vote on schematic design documents for three replacement elementary schools at its next meeting, scheduled for March 4, 2020. The design documents for Rippling Woods, Quarterfield, and Hillsmere elementary schools are the next step in the process that, provided … Continue reading
Educators from two elementary schools, two middle schools, one high school, and one center of applied technology make up the field of six finalists for the 2020 Anne Arundel County Public Schools Teacher of the Year. The finalists are: Lindsay Breach, a fourth-grade teacher at Glendale Elementary School Emily Davis, … Continue reading
The graduation rate for African-American students climbed to its highest point in a decade and Anne Arundel County Public Schools’ graduation rate for the Class of 2019 once again outpaced that across the state, data now available from the Maryland State Department of Education shows. AACPS’ graduation rate of 88.30 … Continue reading
Twenty public school students and 10 private school students will vie to become the champion of the 32nd annual Anne Arundel County Spelling Bee on February 29, 2020. The event at 10 a.m. in the Board Room of the Parham Building, located at 2644 Riva Road in Annapolis. The county … Continue reading
For the 39th consecutive year, Anne Arundel County Public Schools’ Finance Office has been lauded as one of the nation’s best by earning the prestigious Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO). The award is given to organizations that are committed to … Continue reading
The Board of Education this morning finalized a $1.37 billion Fiscal Year 2021 Operating Budget request, adding $11.5 million and 58.5 positions to the recommendation Superintendent George Arlotto put forward in December. The overall request, approved by an 8-0 vote, contains a total of 564.7 new positions – more than … Continue reading
The Board of Education tonight unanimously approved a revised official Fiscal Year 2021 Capital Budget request of $214.2 million after passing a pair of amendments to the plan it approved in September. The amendments reduced the FY2021 request by $650,000. The Board added $800,000 in county funding to the “PS … Continue reading
The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County will discuss and vote on the adoption of its Fiscal Year 2021 operating and capital budget requests at its next meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, February 19, 2020. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the Board Room of the Parham Building, … Continue reading
The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County will host four Town Hall Meetings and a Student Member of the Board (SMOB) Leadership Forum throughout the county over the next four months. The goal of these meetings is to collect feedback and input as well as provide a platform for … Continue reading