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Carroll County Board of Education seeks public input on proposed changes to its policy on school-related fundraising and political speech
The Board of Carroll County Commissioners spent Monday afternoon discussing budget priorities and challenges associated with implementing The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future education reform law, with the Board of Education. The state law’s many ambitious initiatives include universal prekindergarten for low-income families, improving career readiness for high school graduates, and shifting ...
The Carroll County Board of Education will consider a proposed policy change Wednesday that could ban all library books and instructional materials that include sexually explicit content. The proposed policy change defines sexually explicit content as, “unambiguously describing, depicting, showing, or writing about sex or sex acts in a detailed or graphic manner.” The board discussed the ...
The Board of Carroll County Commissioners on Thursday unanimously approved the transfer of $1,015,000 to the Board of Education to pay for overages in the construction of the new East Middle School building in Westminster. The overall project budget increased from the initially approved $65,869,168 to $66,884,168, according to Ted Zaleski, director of Management and Budget for the county. The ...
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In a presentation Monday on impacts the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future education reform will have on Carroll County Public Schools, Superintendent Cynthia McCabe forecast that necessary changes would be felt most acutely at schools in the county’s northwestern and southeastern regions.