Hood College received $25,000 from the Delaplaine Foundation to assist in renovating the third floor of Rosenstock Hall into the Delaplaine Foundation Multimedia Center.
The fiscal 2022 budget for Frederick County Public Schools is $26 million more than the fiscal 2021 spending plan despite a drop in student enrollment this year and uncertainties on how that could affect funding from both the county and state.
Since the start of the school year, Hillcrest Elementary School students have received bags of carrots, radishes, cucumbers, lunchbox peppers and even a whole butternut squash while learning about local agriculture and where their food comes from.
A fund for future teachers has been established at Hood College in memory of Margaret Motter.
Frederick County education officials are hoping grant money from various sources will aid local students’ learning experiences as hybrid and distance learning continues. The Frederick County Board of Education recently approved numerous grants to be spent on everything from new technology to…
Brunswick Elementary School is scheduled to be rebuilt within the next three years to address growth in the area, but it is possible the new building could open and the school would still be over-capacity.
Frederick will provide more than $440,000 in COVID-19 relief for Frederick County Public Schools as part of an agreement between the city and Frederick County.
The fiscal 2022 budget for Frederick County Public Schools is $26 million more than the fiscal 2021 spending plan despite a drop in student en…
Since the start of the school year, Hillcrest Elementary School students have received bags of carrots, radishes, cucumbers, lunchbox peppers …
A fund for future teachers has been established at Hood College in memory of Margaret Motter.
Frederick County education officials are hoping grant money from various sources will aid local students’ learning experiences as hybrid and d…
Brunswick Elementary School is scheduled to be rebuilt within the next three years to address growth in the area, but it is possible the new b…
Frederick will provide more than $440,000 in COVID-19 relief for Frederick County Public Schools as part of an agreement between the city and …
Frederick County Public Schools will receive more than $3 million in funds to help cover costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, accordin…
There is still little clarity on when the Frederick County Board of Education will make a decision on reopening schools, despite a lengthy con…
Frederick County Board of Education members appear ready to prioritize mental health in the fiscal 2022 budget based on discussions at Wednesd…
The Earth and Space Science Lab (ESSL) 2.0 Fund has been closed after years of inability to secure the money it aimed to collect.
Mount St. Mary’s University, in partnership with Frederick Community College and Montgomery Community College, has been awarded a grant from t…
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Frederick County Public Schools recently launched a new series called “Vision 2020” to air on FCPS TV.
Olivia White, vice president for student life and dean of students at Hood College, will retire later this year after more than 27 years at the college.
Mount St. Mary’s University has added a new employee to its roster, hiring the school’s first-ever sports dietitian.
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Hood College has received funding to collaborate on a research project focusing on lobster larvae in Maine.
Frederick Community College has been named a recipient of the Morgan Stanley Scholarship Fund which is aimed at increasing and improving menta…
Hood professors receive Governor’s Emergency Education Relief grant
Frederick Community College has received a grant for the 11th year in a row from the Maryland State Department of Education Child Care Career …
A few hundred Frederick County Public Schools bus drivers and cafeteria workers are expected to be laid off in the coming weeks, Board of Educ…
Lois Jarman says she has the necessary experience to earn re-election to the Frederick County Board of Education.
Frederick County Public Schools teachers will receive a 1.9 percent salary increase this school year thanks to a one-year agreement reached be…
Frederick Community College has received a national grant to help student parents, particularly single mothers receive a college degree.
For the past 12 years, Frederick County residents have watched as big yellow buses rolled through neighborhoods in the summer to pick up schoo…
Frederick County Public Schools will receive a $4 million grant from the Elementary & Secondary Schools Emergency Relief Fund (ESSR).
Frederick Community College students will be eligible for an additional $250,000 in scholarships for the 2020-2021 academic year.
The counseling program at Hood College has received a $2.2 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration.
The replacement of Brunswick High School is unlikely to occur for at least another 10 years, even though the project was approved last year by…
The Frederick County Board of Education unanimously approved a fund to replace turf athletic fields at schools that have them, despite some di…
New data released by the state shows for the first time exactly how much money individual public schools spend per student.
Although the state still has not provided final funding numbers for Frederick County Public Schools, the Board of Education unanimously approv…
Frederick County Public Schools is projecting a $2.8 million deficit in its fiscal year 2021 budget for Food and Nutrition Services due to the…
Frederick County Public Schools is projecting major enrollment growth over the next 10 years, according to the Superintendent’s Recommended Ed…
The Frederick County Board of Education cut $5 million to get a balanced budget in place, but delayed final passage of its spending plan to wa…
Several options were presented to the Frederick County school board Wednesday that would eliminate the $15 million gap that still exists for t…
Items in the Frederick County Public Schools upcoming budget that were expected to be priorities may now have to be put on hold after the scho…
Two retired Hood College faculty members have given $100,000 to the school to establish a LGBTQ+ scholarship.
The work of the Kirwan Commission and the topic of equity dominated a panel discussion that featured local, state and federal representatives …
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