Tag: Schools
Kudos To High Schools
County Seniors Outshine Nation And State It has already been covered in The Capital, but when the County Schools keep exceeding previous scores and are consistently above Maryland and National averages, it never hurts to say it again. Hey Dr. Maxwell, how about an impromptu day off as a reward? To read the detailed results, [...]
Scooters For School Cops?
School Resource Officers Armed With Scooters It appears that Anne Arundel County high school resource officers (police officers assigned to schools) have a new tool (toy?) to play with in the parking lots of the schools. From a distance, it looks like the Zappy 3 Standard scooter with a cost of $600. While supplying these [...]
Folger McKinsey Elementary To Open Tomorrow
CDC Says School Is Safe While Folger McKinsey Elementary School was schaeduled to be closed until Thursday, due to a change in policy from the CDC, the school will open again tomorrow. A statement just released by the school system stated that, “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today changed its guidance to reflect [...]
Confirmed Case Of H1N1 Virus In AA County
From a statement issued by the Anne Arundel County Schools yesterday evening, there are four confirmed cases of the H1N1 Virus statewide and one in Anne Arundel County. State health officials today announced that the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed four of Maryland’s cases of H1N1 influenza. Three of the cases are [...]
H1N1 School Poll
How Many County Schools Will Close This Week? And remember, for up to date no nonsense analysis of the situation, click here.
Folger McKinsey School Closed
Anne Arundel County School Closed Until May 7 Fox News is reporting that 4 schools have been closed statewide in response to suspected cases of the H1N1 Virus. Gov. Martin O’Malley said Friday that although Maryland still has no confirmed swine flu cases, new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control direct that schools with [...]
Probable Swine Flu Reported In Anne Arundel
Folger-McKinsey Student Being Tested Six probable cases of the Swine Flu have been reported in Anne Arundel County, including two elementary school students from Folger McKinsey (Severna Park) and Milford Mill Academy in Baltimore County. Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley says the samples have been sent to the Centers for Disease Control for possible confirmation. O’Malley [...]
Cautionary Letter From Maxwell
Anne Arundel County School’s Superintendent Warns About Swine Flu While there have been no reported cases (or suspected cases) of the Swine Flu in Maryland, Anne Arundel County Scchool Superintendent, Dr. Kevin Maxwell, recently sent home a letter to parents advising what the schools are doing in preparation. They are staying in touch with local [...]
A Stern Warning From Anne Arundel County Schools
Apparently, in the wake of some recent suicides and suicide attempts, the school district sent home a sobering letter with students. In part, it reads: In recent months, the county has seen an increase in the number of suicide-related threats and suicides. It is critically important that all of us are on the lookout for [...]
