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The Anne Arundel Board of Education is projected to receive $1.65 billion in operating funding next fiscal year, about $30 million short of what the superintendent of schools had proposed.

County Executive Steuart Pittman is expected to present his proposed budget for fiscal 2024 at 11 a.m. at the Arundel Center in Annapolis.

Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman proposed a $2.14 billion operating budget along with increases to property and income taxes to pay for it during a Monday morning announcement.

The Hickman Mills School Board says it's renewing its efforts to work together after contentious meetings amid a decade-long battle to regain accreditation.

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Anne Arundel County is offering free gun locks at three of its public libraries in an effort to curb gun violence.

Anne Arundel County has started a new gun safety initiative and is giving away free gun locks inside its libraries, something that’s never been done before in the state of Maryland.

The Anne Arundel County Board of Education delayed a decision Wednesday on a proposal to merge the Chesapeake Science Point elementary school with its middle and high schools after the board decided there was insufficient information on how the merger would impact enrollment.

Alexis McKay, principal at Nantucket Elementary School, will be the first principal at West County Elementary School when it opens in the fall of 2024, Anne Arundel Public Schools announced.