Monday, April 23, 2012
The best Howard County Public School swimmers were out Sunday at Howard Community College.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Not all photos taken of the swim meet were included in this article. The most visually appealing photos were chosen at the discretion of the editor, with no preference to school or athlete. All user submitted photos are available here. The Howard High School swim team came out on top Sunday after a dozen high schools hit the water for the Howard County Invitational Championships. Howard Community College hosted the event, as Howard High finished with 794.5 points, Centennial came in second with 772 points and Mount Hebron came in third with 622 points. For more photos of the meet, visit the community photo gallery here. Winners of individual events are as follows: Men 50 Yard Freestyle - William Yang - Centennial Women 50 …
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Politics, police and a rabbit made headlines.
Laurel Native Ousted on 'The Voice' Moses Haughton was eliminated on Wednesday from NBC's singing competition. Pink Rabbit Brings Art to Elkridge The hot pink sculpture is one of 12 pieces that will be installed countywide. Howard County BOE Results: Dyer Out After Tuesday's primary, one incumbent won't be on the ballot in November. Trooper's Name Released in Turnpike Shooting The shooting death of former Columbia resident Daryl Berry on the Pennsylvania Turnpike by trooper Marshall Kephart remains under investigation. Bridge Rehab to Bring Detour, Speed Cameras to Ellicott City As the state restores four bridges through the summer, speed enforcement program will come to US 29. Smoke in Jessup from Controlled Burn The plan was to weed out …
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Patricia Kelly Murray is charged with stealing from colleagues.
An assistant principal at Howard High School is facing nearly 20 charges in three cases for credit card fraud, according to court records. Patricia Kelly Murray, 40, admitted to stealing the cards from colleagues and using one of them to buy Christmas gifts for her family, the Baltimore Sun reported Wednesday. Murray allegedly stole a credit card from Susan Pennypacker Brown, principal at Laurel Woods Elementary School, during a meeting with a parent and child, according to reports. According to the Sun, Murray is also accused of stealing a credit card from Long Reach High School Assistant Principal Shawn Hastings-Hauf and one from Amanda Malone, listed on HCPSS.org as a teacher at Harper's Choice Middle School. Court records show …
Monday, February 27, 2012
Seniors, parents invited to attend a session on Senior Week safety.
Is The Best School System In The Galaxy Failing My Kids?
I moved to Columbia from Michigan as a “gifted and talented” high school junior. The school I left had no Advanced Placement (or International Baccalaureate, if that was a thing then) classes. Academically speaking, over the following several months at Oakland Mills High School, I got my butt kicked on a daily basis. Go Scorps! And it was good. I graduated with enough AP credits to finish undergraduate school in three years and mitigate the cost of my ironically out-of-state education at Michigan State. Go Spartans! When my kids entered the Howard County public schools 10 years ago, I knew they would be getting a level of education far superior to what most kids get in this country. That was one of the reasons my husband and I stayed in …
‘There’s more awareness [now] of gender identity issues. We want to make sure we’re staying current.’ – spokeswoman Patti Caplan
Howard County Public School System leaders are discussing how to add more protections to transgender students in the district’s discrimination policy, spurred in part by the advocacy of a mother of a student born as a boy but who identifies as a girl. Discussions over how to navigate transgender issues in the schools follow the debates that have recently occurred in several counties in Maryland. Some have recently outlawed discrimination against transgender residents. The Howard County school district currently extends gender identity protections in its bullying policies. That language will “probably be added” to the district’s discrimination policy, which currently prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed, national …
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Teachers' group, PTA Council of Howard County asks board members to solve disagreements in a businesslike, respectful manner.
Howard Education Association President Paul Lemle's comments to the Board of Education Thursday night were short and to the point. In addressing a perceived lack of civility among board members, he encouraged them to seek help to fix their problems, and to consider resigning if they aren't willing to do so. Speaking on behalf of both the education association and the PTA Council of Howard County, Lemle told school board members he respects the role they play in the education of the county's children. "We cannot and will not accept a board whose interpersonal disputes substitute for the official business of the Howard County Public Schools," he said at Thursday's school board meeting. "You did not choose each other; you were chosen by the …
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Representatives direct Howard County Education Association President Paul Lemle to write letter to Board of Education requesting that members pursue professional mediation.
The president of the Howard County Education Association plans to read a letter at the county school board next week suggesting that the board seek outside assistance to resolve chronic in-fighting that hinders the board from addressing school system business. The teachers' organization is not alone. The PTA Council of Howard County has passed a resolution expressing concern about the board's internal bickering and is collaborating on the language of the HCEA's letter to the board, HCEA president Paul Lemle said. "Our best-case scenario will be that our Board of Education drops its insistence with fighting with each other and instead focuses on the job at hand," Lemle said Wednesday. "The worst-case scenario is that they will just ignore…
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
State lab cannot determine how or where contamination occurred in the Dairy Maid Dairy milk sold at Glenwood Middle School last month.
Milk that was removed from cafeteria shelves at Glenwood Middle School last month after students complained it tasted bad was found to smell "faintly" of vinegar and was considerably more acidic than a control sample, according to a report from the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The department lab tested the milk sample that was reported to be bad, as well as the cleaning agent and pasteurized water used by Dairy Maid Dairy to clean and flush processing equipment, according to the report. Glenwood principal David Brown told Patch last month that he provided the sample to the Howard County Health Department so tests would be conducted independent of those done by the dairy. The partially consumed sample of low fat milk …
Maryland's Comptroller Peter Franchot says it would give a boost to business.
State Comptroller Peter Franchot pitched the idea last week that Maryland schools should start after Labor Day instead of in late August, according to the Baltimore Sun. He said the shift would bolster local businesses. Some states have school calendars that defer the opening of school until after Labor Day. In Virginia, what is known as the “Kings Dominion Law” has been around since the 1980s, although the Huffington Post reported that the measure has opponents currently fighting for its repeal. With a name that references the theme park, the law mandates that schools not open before Labor Day, in large part to help promote tourism and business. A few states away, Ohio lawmakers are looking into standardizing the state's school calendars …
Lisa Rossi
1:12 pm on Monday, April 23, 2012
Hi Mark - We relied on user submitted photos for this piece-- if you have any pics of Howard High --or if anyone does-- submit by clicking on the green button under the photos or email them to me (with captions) lisa.rossi@patch.com. Thanks! more ›