Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The schools superintendent rails against the county executive in a speech at the second budget hearing.
Hundreds of parents and teachers raised their voices in support of a fully funded school system at the Anne Arundel County budget hearing on Monday night. An estimated 800 people filled the auditorium at Old Mill High School with applause after dozens of parents testified before the County Council during the second hearing on the budget for fiscal year 2013. The County Council holds the purse strings for the school system, which takes up $572 million of the county's proposed $1.2 billion budget. Most who testified on Monday implored council members to fully fund the school budget, but had some additional projects in mind for their local schools. Some of these projects included a replacement for Edgewater Elementary, construction …
Monday, April 16, 2012
The primary disagreement is whether the county met Maintenance of Effort (MOE) requirements in 2012 and how those numbers impact fiscal year 2013.
County Executive John R. Leopold’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2013 is more than $21 million less than the amount requested by Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS). Superintendent Kevin M. Maxwell recommended a total operating budget of $986.2 million but Leopold appropriated $965 million for the school system, asking for $572.5 million from the county. Leopold, who released the budget Monday, adopted Maxwell’s recommendations for 62 new teaching positions and several school construction projects including funding the replacement of Severna Park High. Patch previously reported that Maxwell stated that about $4 million in “salary savings from all employee groups” will cover the funding of the new positions. The county executive’s …
Friday, March 2, 2012
Legal experts said the charges against the Anne Arundel County executive show weakness, but that prosecutors will have to work hard to convict.
The allegations outlined in an indictment against Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold are publicly embarrassing, legal experts said, but prosecutors could have trouble convincing a jury that he broke the law. Maryland State Prosecutor Emmet C. Davitt announced on Friday that an Anne Arundel County grand jury handed down a nine-page indictment alleging that Leopold stole and hid campaign signs from a political opponent and used county police officers to drive him to sexual dalliances in public parking lots in 2010. The indictment includes four counts of misconduct and another of fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in jail. The indictment alleges that Leopold: Lawyers involved in public corruption cases said most …
kerry petz
4:41 pm on Thursday, May 17, 2012
There are many good points being made by all. Arnold Elementary School is in the same boat and have yet to figure out the best solution since there are so many issues for so many of us. In lieu of the funding fairy i agree that being modest in the upgrades could make a huge impact on costs. And if anyone knows where that fairy is please send her our way. more ›