Elementary Schools

Findings of Baltimore City schools spending audit

2013-05-23 05:50:00

Among the expenditures by the city school system that U.S. Department of Education auditors found inappropriate: - $4,352 spent by two elementary schools for dinner cruises at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor - $2,413 spent on fried chicken, potato...

City envy in the county schools

2013-05-21 12:52:45

Baltimore City's schools are Maryland's oldest, and Baltimore County's are the second-oldest. The problems posed by the aging facilities in the two jurisdictions are different — the city has an overabundance of underused buildings, while the...

Westowne Elementary is overcrowded, too

2013-05-20 10:30:00

I am writing in reference to your article, "Questions but few answers regarding elementary school in Catonsville" (May 15). I am a parent at Westowne Elementary in Catonsville. I am concerned that our school is not being included in Baltimore County...

Building new Rodgers Forge Elementary among overcrowding solutions

2013-05-17 03:00:00

The suggestion of building a new 700-seat elementary school to replace Rodgers Forge Elementary in Towson was made during a meeting held Thursday evening to address Towson's elementary school overcrowding problem. The meeting held at Carver Center was...

Letter: Past provides lesson for solution to Catonsville school overcrowding

2013-05-15 00:00:00

Learn from past for answers to overcrowding We have all heard, "If you don't learn from history, you are destined to repeat it." We must learn from events 18 years ago when citizens wanted the (County Executive Dutch) Ruppersberger Administration to...

Howard school board approves annual capacity chart

2013-05-16 14:12:00

The Howard County Board of Education has approved an annual report that can open or close residential development in the county. By a vote of 6-2, the board voted Thursday, May 9 to approve the Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance Chart for fiscal...

Westview teacher among finalists for county award

2013-05-07 08:17:00

Among the hundreds of teachers in Baltimore County Public Schools, five were selected as finalists for the 2013-14 Teacher of the Year award. � From those five, Sean McComb, an English teacher at Patapsco High School & Center for the Arts, was...

Plant sales and flea markets galore on tap for the weekend [West Friendship]

2013-05-08 04:15:00

Mother's Day shopping? No need to travel further than our little village. Area churches and garden centers are loaded with flowers and fancies just perfect for Mom's special day. Dennis Whittaker's Whittaker's Flowers will be open Friday, May 10, noon...

Lutherville rec dancers ready for spring recital May 26 [Lutherville]

2013-05-07 06:06:00

The activities room on the far side of Lutherville Laboratory Elementary School on York Road is full of jazz dancers dressed in black leggings and tank tops on a recent Wednesday afternoon. The room smells of team spirit, the beat of the music races...

Meeting scheduled to address overcrowding at Towson elementaries

2013-05-08 15:27:00

Parents at five Towson schools were informed Wednesday of an input meeting that school officials say will begin the process of dealing with the area's crowded elementary schools. The meeting, which a school system spokesman called an "input work...

Air conditioning, overcrowding main topics at school board meeting in Catonsville

2013-05-08 06:20:00

Catonsville parents gathered in the auditorium at Catonsville High School Tuesday to voice their concerns on two major issues facing Southwest Baltimore County schools at the Baltimore County Board of Education meeting. Parents from the Hillcrest...

Physical education is no game in Howard County

2013-05-02 03:05:00

Anna Spring remembers the resources that were poured into combating teen smoking and pregnancy. The retired Howard County physical education teacher said she hasn't seen the same response to address childhood obesity. "We have all this research that...

Nathan Hale Elementary School was originally less than 100 yards from two take-off runways at Chicago Municipal Airport, Jan. 13, 1948. Eventually, planes were not allowed to use the runways while school was in session.

2013-05-23 10:06:47

A. Blaine Hawley, principal of Red Pump Elementary School, was elected to the board of directors of the National Association of Elementary School Principals.

2013-05-23 00:00:00

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett walk into a classroom for a television interview at Joseph Brennemann Elementary School in Chicago's north side on Thursday, May 23, 2013.

2013-05-23 00:00:00