Devanshi Mistry News Today

Letters to the editor of the Carroll County Times.

Graduation this week brought with it not just the end of Devanshi Mistry’s high school career at Liberty High School, but also an end to her term as student representative on the Carroll County Board of Education.

Graduation this week brought with it not just the end of Devanshi Mistry’s high school career at Liberty High School, but also an end to her term as student representative on the Carroll County Board of Education.

After a failed motion and more than an hour of discussion during Wednesday’s meeting, the Carroll County Board of Education opted to table a vote on the Family Life Advisory Committee’s recommended changes to the state’s mandated health curriculum framework.

After a failed motion and more than an hour of discussion during Wednesday’s meeting, the Carroll County Board of Education opted to table a vote on the Family Life Advisory Committee’s recommended changes to the state’s mandated health curriculum framework.

Carroll County parent Sarah Lau held back tears as she watched dozens of protesters line up outside the Board of Education meeting on Wednesday in Westminster. The protestors were there to support the display of rainbow pride flags inside public school buildings.

The Carroll County school board voted Wednesday to develop a new policy on the use of political symbols, specifically flags, inside public school buildings. The decision came in reaction to some parental concern about rainbow pride flags that some teachers in Carroll County Public Schools have been displaying inside classrooms.

The Carroll County school board voted Wednesday to develop a new policy on the use of political symbols, specifically flags, inside public school buildings. The decision came in reaction to some parental concern about rainbow pride flags that some teachers in Carroll County Public Schools have been displaying inside classrooms.

Though the Carroll County school board agreed last week to allow the option of virtual learning on days the public school system must unexpectedly close, that option was not used Monday, when all county public schools were closed due to snow. The Virtual Inclement Weather Day Plan that the school board unanimously approved on Feb. 9 will not go into effect until after Feb. 21, to allow schools to fully prepare.

Carroll County schools plan to award bonus pay to all system employees for going “above and beyond the normal call of duty” while dealing with challenges of COVID-19 this school year.