Frederick Board of Education considers Urbana elementary options
Frederick County school officials are debating how to divide students between buildings in the Urbana-Centerville area after construction of Urbana's second elementary school is complete. (News-Post)
Balto. Co. School Board elects officers
The Baltimore County Board of Education re-elected Lawrence E. Schmidt as its president and chose David Uhlfelder as its new vice president during its yearly election of officers on Tuesday. (WMAR-TV)Clinch leaving University of Baltimore
Richard Clinch, the director of economic research at the University of Baltimore’s Jacob France Institute, is resigning effective Aug. 1, he said Wednesday. Clinch will take a similar job at Batelle Memorial Institute, a Columbus, Ohio-based firm that also has an office in Aberdeen. (Daily Record)
Read Full ArticleBaltimore County parents concerned about redistricting
There's no redistricting plan or even proposal yet on the table, but that didn't deter the residents of communities just south of Stoneleigh to turn up at Tuesday night's Baltimore County school board meeting to protest any attempt to redistrict them south. (Balt. Sun)
Sheriff's office investigating vandalism to New Market schools
Vandalism was reported at both New Market Middle School and New Market Elementary School on Wednesday morning, according to the Frederick County Sheriff's Office. (News-Post)
Anne Arundel to name interim superintendent; Maxwell gets contract in Prince George's
Anne Arundel County public school officials said Tuesday that they would name an interim superintendent by the end of the month, the system's first step in replacing outgoing Superintendent Kevin Maxwell. As Anne Arundel's board met in a closed session to discuss its superintendent search, the school board in neighboring Prince George's County was also meeting — to formally approve Maxwell as the county's new schools CEO. (Balt. Sun)
Former Anne Arundel executive Owens seeks interim schools superintendent post
Former County Executive Janet S. Owens has put her name in the mix as a possible interim superintendent of the Anne Arundel County public school system. Owens, 69, said she has informed the school board she is interested in taking over when Superintendent Kevin M. Maxwell leaves to become CEO of Prince George’s County public schools. (Capital)
Coppin delays president search, keeps interim leader
The state Board of Regents will delay searching for a new president of Coppin State University until 2015 and instead announced Tuesday a two-year contract for the interim leader, who was brought out of retirement to overhaul the ailing Baltimore institution. Officials said the move to "official" president gives Mortimer H. Neufville the teeth to make the sweeping changes necessary to improve academic and administrative operations at the historically black college, which has the lowest graduation rate in the state, about 15 percent. (Balt. Sun)
