Tag: HCPSS

Howard Council Calls for Racial Integration
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Howard Council Calls for Racial Integration

Ellicott City, MD (August 13, 2019)– Howard County Councilmembers Christiana Mercer Rigby, Dr. Opel Jones, and Deb Jung will introduce a council resolution in September calling on the Howard County Public School System (HCPSS) to […]

Dr. Genee Varlack in File Photo (2011 or 2012) at Guilford Elementary School during an outdoor student music festival. Photo by Ricardo Whitaker
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Varlack Served Forest Ridge and Guilford, Now Retires

by Sam Seliger Guilford Gazette Intern After more than 30 years as an educator, Dr. Genée  Varlack, principal at Forest Ridge Elementary School, retired last month. Varlack began in Howard County as a teacher at […]

Students and Parents Rally to Keep Music Funding
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Students and Parents Rally to Keep Music Funding

by Sam Seliger Guilford Gazette Intern The Howard County Board of Education voted Thursday, June 6th, to approve an $894 million budget for the 2020 fiscal year. Included in that plan is full funding for […]

Allison Alston and Hannah Witkin at the Board of Education for the Filming of the SMOB election promotional video (Courtesy of Allison Alston (@alston4smob) on Instagram).
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Students Set to Elect New Member to Board

by Sam Seliger Guilford Gazette Intern For over 30 years, Howard County Public School System students have had their voice represented on the Board of Education by the Student Member of the Board, or SMOB. […]