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Da’ok Academy, led by its administrator Christine Tudela, fifth left, honored its educators on Monday as it joined the rest of the school district in celebrating “Teachers Appreciation Week.” From left, Anna Ludwick, Maverick Itibus, Gordon Salas,  Hermana Ling, Christine Tudela, Joan Reyes, Audrey King and Joseph Ferrari.  Da’ok Academy was formerly the Alternative Education Program which was established in 2010. In 2017 the school district transformed the program int...

Harford County Public Schools students 16 and older will have the option of getting a vaccine against COVID-19 as of next week, with clinics happening at local high schools between May 10 and 18.

The families of hundreds of Harford County Public Schools students have applied to have their children take part in the school system’s virtual learning program, slated to be available for kindergarten through 12th grade in the next school year.

An African American student in the Killeen Independent School District is more likely to be placed in an alternative disciplinary setting than his Caucasian or Hispanic peers, according to data presented at the district’s board workshop meeting Tuesday. During an overview of KISD’s Disciplinary Alternative Education Program (DAEP), presented by Deputy Superintendent Eric Penrod, a series of inequitable statistics emerged. “When I look at the data, when I see 34% of our student bo...

Harford County Public Schools has not incorporated the controversial “critical race theory” into its curriculum or professional development for staff, officials said earlier this week in response to criticism from parents and other community members.

Harford County Public Schools officials plan to stick with their current schedule of bringing students back for in-person learning on a hybrid basis, but they also encouraged members of the community to do everything they can to reduce to spread of COVID-19 so schools can remain open.

Harford County Public Schools’ students will likely see a return to full-time, in-person learning for the start of the 2021-22 school year, so long as COVID-19 metrics continue their current drop, although parents could still opt for their children to learn virtually.