CECIL COUNTY — Cecil County Public Schools anticipates the elimination of 184.5 positions, as well as cuts or changes to a variety of student programs, such as junior varsity sports and the Gifted and Talented program, should the school system… Continue Reading
CECIL COUNTY — It would not have been unreasonable to assume recess, rather than class, was taking place in the library at Bayview Elementary School as Information Literacy teacher Mike Harris worked, by himself, to keep a class of 28… Continue Reading
CECIL COUNTY — Among the 24 public school systems in the State of Maryland, Cecil County Public Schools ranked as the lowest funded — based on per-student funding — in FY23, falling just $42 behind St. Mary’s County, according to… Continue Reading
CECIL COUNTY — For the third consecutive year, Cecil County Public Schools (CCPS) have received Maintenance of Effort — the state mandated minimum a county is able to give its school system — funding from the county government. As a… Continue Reading
CECIL COUNTY — The Cecil County Board of Education’s (CCBOE) $258.8 million FY24 budget request passed Wednesday night in a 3-1 vote with the absence of board member Dianne Heath. The passed budget request reflects a $5,546,183 increase from… Continue Reading
CECIL COUNTY — The Cecil County Board of Education (BOE) removed recent updates made to its “Public Participation Guidelines” after an attorney contacted Cecil County Public Schools Superintendent Jeffrey Lawson citing “prior restraint of free speech” policy and threatened litigation,… Continue Reading