Frederick County Public Schools secluded or restrained students more than 10,000 times during two and a half school years, according to newly released data that sheds light on the scale of the district's malpractice.
The Frederick County Board of Education on Wednesday voted unanimously to approve a $145,000 contract with a Boston-based consulting firm that will audit the district's special education programs.
The Frederick County Board of Education is scheduled to vote on Wednesday on awarding a $145,000 contract to a Boston-based consulting firm that would conduct an audit of the district's special education programs.
Nearly a year after Frederick County Public Schools settled with the U.S. Department of Justice over the district’s illegal use of seclusion and restraint against students with disabilities, officials are still trying to determine how much time and money they must spend to make up for it.
In campaign mailers, Maryland state Sen. Michael Hough, the Republican nominee for Frederick County executive, has alleged that his Democratic opponent, County Councilwoman Jessica Fitzwater, “did nothing” and “stayed silent” in response to Frederick County Public Schools’ illegal use of sec…
Frederick County Public Schools has trained more than 250 employees in a behavior management model aimed at reducing physical restraints in its special education programs, officials said Wednesday.
The Blue Ribbon Task Force, which formed in the wake of a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into the misuse of seclusion and restraint in Frederick County Public Schools, will present recommendations to the Frederick County Board of Education next week.
A task force of parents and Frederick County Public Schools staff formed in the wake of a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into seclusion and restraint across the system is recommending an independent audit of the district's special education programs.
The final meeting of the Blue Ribbon Task Force, which is examining special education in Frederick County, will be open for public observation, the district announced Thursday.
Meetings of a Blue Ribbon Task Force formed to examine special education programs in Frederick County Public Schools will not be open to the public.
A task force examining Frederick County Public Schools’ special education programs in the wake of a Department of Justice investigation will have its first meeting May 17.
Frederick County Public Schools is still struggling to recruit special education staffers, district officials told school board members at their Wednesday meeting.
A bill banning seclusion in Maryland public schools will become law without Gov. Larry Hogan’s signature, he announced Friday.
Frederick County Public Schools secluded or restrained students more than 10,000 times during two and a half school years, according to newly released data that sheds light on the scale of the district's malpractice.
The Frederick County Board of Education on Wednesday voted unanimously to approve a $145,000 contract with a Boston-based consulting firm that will audit the district's special education programs.
The Frederick County Board of Education is scheduled to vote on Wednesday on awarding a $145,000 contract to a Boston-based consulting firm that would conduct an audit of the district's special education programs.
Nearly a year after Frederick County Public Schools settled with the U.S. Department of Justice over the district’s illegal use of seclusion and restraint against students with disabilities, officials are still trying to determine how much time and money they must spend to make up for it.
In campaign mailers, Maryland state Sen. Michael Hough, the Republican nominee for Frederick County executive, has alleged that his Democratic opponent, County Councilwoman Jessica Fitzwater, “did nothing” and “stayed silent” in response to Frederick County Public Schools’ illegal use of sec…
Frederick County Public Schools has trained more than 250 employees in a behavior management model aimed at reducing physical restraints in its special education programs, officials said Wednesday.
The Blue Ribbon Task Force, which formed in the wake of a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into the misuse of seclusion and restraint in Frederick County Public Schools, will present recommendations to the Frederick County Board of Education next week.
A task force of parents and Frederick County Public Schools staff formed in the wake of a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into seclusion and restraint across the system is recommending an independent audit of the district's special education programs.
The final meeting of the Blue Ribbon Task Force, which is examining special education in Frederick County, will be open for public observation, the district announced Thursday.
Meetings of a Blue Ribbon Task Force formed to examine special education programs in Frederick County Public Schools will not be open to the public.
A task force examining Frederick County Public Schools’ special education programs in the wake of a Department of Justice investigation will have its first meeting May 17.
Frederick County Public Schools is still struggling to recruit special education staffers, district officials told school board members at their Wednesday meeting.
A bill banning seclusion in Maryland public schools will become law without Gov. Larry Hogan’s signature, he announce…
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Just over a dozen Frederick County Public Schools parents, employees and community members met virtually Tuesday even…
Parents, students and members of the community are being invited to participate in Frederick County Public Schools’ s…
Maryland lawmakers on Friday introduced a bill that would ban the use of seclusion in public schools across the state.
Frederick County Public Schools interim superintendent Mike Markoe this week announced he was forming a task force of…
Costs related to the U.S. Department of Justice’s settlement with Frederick County Public Schools over the use of sec…
For the third year in a row, lawmakers and advocates are pushing a bill that would require public schools across the …
FCPS regularly turned to seclusion and restraint in non-emergency situations, particularly when it came to students with disabilities, the Department of Justice found. State data shows FCPS led the state by a wide margin in its use of seclusion and restraint between 2017 and 2019.
Members of Frederick County’s delegation to the Maryland General Assembly asked the school board pointed questions Th…
The Maryland State Department of Education is conducting a “top-to-bottom” review of its existing regulations, polici…
State Sen. Michael Hough is calling for the Maryland superintendent of schools to investigate Frederick County Public…
Speaking publicly for the first time after a federal investigation revealed widespread misuse of seclusion and restra…
For the two uninterrupted school years that formed the basis of a Department of Justice investigation into Frederick …
Frederick County Public Schools Superintendent Terry Alban is on administrative leave, Board of Education member Jay …
The Frederick County Board of Education met in closed session Thursday night to discuss a Department of Justice inves…
A Department of Justice investigation and subsequent settlement announced Wednesday found that Frederick County Publi…
