Tag: AACPS

Elevating All Students Eliminating All Gaps
Please join us to learn about the ways in which Anne Arundel County Public Schools are focusing on Elevating ALL Students and Eliminating ALL Gaps. Dr. Gillins will review the […]

2019-2020 AACPS bus schedules now online
The 2019-2020 Anne Arundel County Public Schools has posted their bus schedules online here. This schedule is subject to change as the school year approaches and you are encouraged to […]

Perkins removes herself from AACPS superintendent search
Interim Superintendent Mamie J. Perkins today announced that she is not among the candidates whose applications the Board of Education is now reviewing as it seeks to find the next […]

Broadneck’s version of Les Mis rescheduled
Want some rock and punk with your 19th Century French history? Head to Broadneck High School’s production of “Les Misérables,” Feb 27 – March 1. “People forget that ‘Les Mis’ was […]

Anne Arundel Schools Feel Social Heat Over Weather Decision
While forecasters predicted an icy commute, and neighboring school districts, including Anne Arundel Community College, delayed the start of school this morning, Anne Arundel County Public Schools started on time. […]

Superintendent Search Update: AACPS Answers Capital’s Criticism
Last summer the Capital criticized AACPS for a lack of public involvement in the interim superintendent search (see Capital-Gazette Takes On AACPS). AACPS promised to address that issue in its […]

Olivia Constants Foundations Anti-Bullying Initiative
The Olivia Constants Foundation, Inc. (OCF) a 501c3 public charity, recently announced the winners from their first “Anti-Bullying Message through the Arts” contest that was held throughout Anne Arundel County Public […]

Getting What We Pay For: Are our school board members underpaid?
Should we apply to the Anne Arundel County Board of Education the maxim that “you get what you pay for”? Regular school board members earn $6,000/year (the president earns $8,000/year) […]

Jodie Hogan Named Finalist For Maryland Teacher Of The Year
Jodie Hogan, a Spanish teacher at South River High School in Edgewater, today was named one of seven finalists for the 2013 Maryland Teacher of the Year by the Maryland […]

School Board Pays Maxwell $4,582/Day In July; Maryland Taxpayers Pay Perkins $410,018 Signing Bonus on Top of $249,735 Annual Salary
The Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) Board of Education has been generous to outgoing superintendent Kevin Maxwell for his last month of employment ending July 31, 2013. Excluding his […]

Poll: Media Coverage of Superintendent Maxwell
Superintendent Kevin Maxwell’s last day in office is tomorrow, July 31, 2013. On August 1, 2013, he takes over the helm of the Prince George’s County Public Schools. The Anne […]

Maxwell’s Political Legacy: Not Pretty
After more than seven years at the helm of the Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS), Superintendent Kevin Maxwell will resign and become head of the Prince George’s County public […]

Understanding The Capital Gazette’s Political Biases
My Ph.D. is in the field of political communications, and I’ve worked in various capacities covering media policy, including as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow in Communications and […]

Start School Later Group Testifies Before AACPS Board
The Countywide Citizens Advisory Council (CAC), charged by AACPS with outreach to all school clusters on this issue, came back with a report reiterating its long held support for a […]

More Free Meals For Anne Arundel’s School Aged Children
Anne Arundel County Public Schools will continue to provide nutritional resources for children across the county again this summer, expanding its free summer meals program at 15 sites and aiming […]

Hillsmere Elementary Locked Down For Suspicious Person
UPDATE: 12:11pm- From Bob Mosier, AACPS spokesman, the building is no longer on “secure the building” status. Hillsmere Elementary School was locked down today due to a suspicious person in the […]

Board Of Education Seeking Committee Members
The Board of Education is now accepting applications for openings on the Executive Committee of its countywide Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC), a 29-member panel that provides input and advice on […]

AACPS School Board Nomination Applications Due May 24
This year the School Board Nominating Commission (SBNC) of Anne Arundel County must nominate candidates for two seats on the Anne Arundel County Board of Education. Candidate applications are due […]

Substitute Teacher Charged With Contributing To Delinquency Of Minors
On February 19, 2013, the Anne Arundel County Police Department and the Department of Social Services began investigating allegations against an Anne Arundel County Public School employee, Benjamin Siggers. Mr. […]

Broadneck Teacher Arrested For Student Sexual Relationship
On November 12, 2012 and anonymous caller contacted the Anne Arundel County Public School system regarding a possible inappropriate relationship between a Broadneck high school teacher and a student. As […]

O’Malley, Brown, Busch, To Visit Jones Elementary Today
Today at 1:30 p.m., Governor O’Malley, joined by Lt. Governor Brown, House Speaker Busch, the Maryland State Education Association, and other officials, will hold an event at Jones Elementary School […]