The Frederick County Board of Education balanced its fiscal year 2024 budget on Wednesday, voting to scale back planned enhancements to salaries, services for English learners and more.
Robbie Plant, 5, was more focused on eating the strawberries he picked at Glade Link Farms on Monday, rather than putting them in a bucket to take home.
Frederick County Public Schools on Tuesday announced a new partnership with Edgewater Federal Solutions and the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation to establish STEM centers in two elementary schools.
The Muse and artists Whitney Dahlberg and Courtney Prahl are launching the 12th annual Lend a Hand Art Auction. This year, they have chosen The Frederick Center as the beneficiary.
Brant Warner of Frederick was the valedictorian of this year’s graduating class at Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania.
After almost 13 years attending Maryland School for the Deaf, Bella Finkle said it will be strange not to see her school’s building every day.
The Bible has been banned at elementary and middle schools in one Utah school district after a committee decided it wasn’t age appropriate “due to vulgarity or violence.” The decision by the Davis School District north of Salt Lake City comes as parent activists throughout the United States sow alarm about how sex and violence are talked about in schools. The district's decision follows similar moves that were later reversed by schools in Missouri and Texas and stems from a new law expanding parents' power to challenge materials they believe are obscene in schools. Utah is among a longer list of states to have recently passed such laws.
Robbie Plant, 5, was more focused on eating the strawberries he picked at Glade Link Farms on Monday, rather than putting them in a bucket to …
Frederick County Public Schools on Tuesday announced a new partnership with Edgewater Federal Solutions and the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation to e…
The Muse and artists Whitney Dahlberg and Courtney Prahl are launching the 12th annual Lend a Hand Art Auction. This year, they have chosen Th…
Brant Warner of Frederick was the valedictorian of this year’s graduating class at Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania.
After almost 13 years attending Maryland School for the Deaf, Bella Finkle said it will be strange not to see her school’s building every day.
The Bible has been banned at elementary and middle schools in one Utah school district after a committee decided it wasn’t age appropriate “due to vulgarity or violence.” The decision by the Davis School District north of Salt Lake City comes as parent activists throughout the United States sow alarm about how sex and violence are talked about in schools. The district's decision follows similar moves that were later reversed by schools in Missouri and Texas and stems from a new law expanding parents' power to challenge materials they believe are obscene in schools. Utah is among a longer list of states to have recently passed such laws.
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A former Middletown High School student is seeking $400 million in a defamation suit against Frederick County Public Schools, claiming the dis…
A Republican measure overturning President Joe Biden’s student loan cancellation plan has passed the Senate and now awaits an expected veto. The vote was 52-46, with support from two Democrats and one independent. The resolution was approved last week by the GOP-controlled House . Biden has pledged to keep in place his commitment to cancel up to $20,000 in federal student loans for 43 million people. The Supreme Court heard arguments in February in a challenge to Biden’s move, with the conservative majority seemingly ready to sink the plan. A decision is expected in the coming weeks. Congressional Republicans aren’t expected to have enough support to override a veto.
Parents of students in Frederick are mobilizing against a proposed redistricting map that would move their children to different schools.
Frederick Classical Charter School is again on probation after the county school board renewed concerns about its governance.
On topic: Letters
- FCPS should cut at the top, not where it hurts most
- Remembrance event was good way to focus on law, human rights
- Calling the lines in tennis creates maturity, responsibility
- A good place to cut the budget
- When budgeting, work with what you have
- Parents, not students, are FCPS' customers
- Stellar sports photo has dirt, dust, reaction
- Don't stifle youth voices, voting power
- FNP is an important part of the community
- Reject attempts to pull books out of school libraries
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Frederick County Public Schools recently launched a new series called “Vision 2020” to air on FCPS TV.
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Cheyenne Hensley, 13, of Middletown, competes at the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Tuesday at National Harbor.
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Frederick County Public Libraries welcomes back readers and explorers of all ages for its annual summer reading program, being held June 1 to …
Many high school graduation speeches focus on the future, on making plans for the weeks and months and years ahead.
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Each year, seniors at Tuscarora High School pull pranks during their last-ever day of high school classes.
Juliana Workman was calm and collected as she stood in her cap and gown on Thursday, minutes before her graduation ceremony.
Signs with the pictures and names of the 14 graduating seniors of the New Life Christian School lined the driveway to the school’s campus outs…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a surprise commencement address via livestream at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore on Thursday. Zelenskyy spoke from Ukraine via livestream. He told graduates to take advantage of the time and resources they have to pursue their passions and uphold the democratic values at stake in his country’s war against Russia. “Time is the most valuable resource on the planet,” he said. “Some people realize this sooner, and these are the lucky ones. Others realize it too late, when they lose someone or something.” The ceremony took place at the school’s Homewood Field on the university’s Baltimore campus.
Helen Hochschild chose a unique phrase when asked what had been on her mind during the waning days of her high school career.
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Breana Lamar led the processions of green caps and gowns into Frederick Community College’s Athletic Center on Thursday.
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