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Showing posts with label Worcester County Schools. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Friday, May 17, 2024
Balancing act: Most of education funding request survives tight Worcester budget.
Budget includes 6% COLA for teachers
The Worcester County Commissioners voted 4-3 this week to fund all but $1 million of the school system’s $107 million budget request.
(View news article)
Worcester commissioners vote 4-3 to increase education funding | News | oceancitytoday.com
Thursday, March 7, 2024
(Updated) Worcester commissioner head comments on law enforcement-Board of Ed squabble.
(Compiled from information reported on WMDT)
During Tuesday's Worcester County Commissioners meeting President Chip Bertino called for accountability from law enforcement and the school system after noting that each accused the other of providing misleading statistics and abdicating responsibility.
“We got a lesson in semantics, in math, but I do hope that we find a resolution because regardless of what you call it, a violation takes place behind every one of those statistics that were identified last week,” Bertino said adding “You can call it a crime statistic, you can call it a referral. The bottom line is that we have kids in our schools and teachers who are being intimidated.”
Pocomoke Public Eye note:
A letter to the Board Of Education this week from the 14 Worcester County school principals supported the Board's position.
Friday, March 1, 2024
Thursday, February 29, 2024
(UPDATES through 2/29/24) Worcester school safety
(2/29/24- Worcester County Sheriff's Office)
School safety will always be our top priority and we will continue to stand behind the principles that we can always improve. We need to harden the target of our schools, with weapons detection systems, and foster an environment where students and staff feel safe.
Please listen to Sheriff Crisafulli and State’s Attorney Heiser on WGMD 92.7, discussing the issues of safe schools.
(Listen to interview:)
Note: If difficulty accessing interview at above link go to Facebook page of Worcester County Sheriff's Office and access from there: (4) Facebook
(2/28/24)
Anonymous said...
The closed meeting held by the Worcester County Board of Education on Wednesday morning was patently illegal. The Board is allowed to hold closed meetings for two purposes; personnel matters and financial negotiations.
Meeting to discuss excuses or how to cover your butt are not valid reasons for closed sessions.
(View news story:)
A different point of view on Worcester's school safety situation is expressed by The Pocomoke City Arrowhead under their posting titled:
WORCESTER COUNTY STATE’S ATTORNEY AND SHERIFF PRESENT FLAWED SCHOOL SAFETY DATA ANALYSIS IN JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE
(View posting:)
(Previous)
(WBOC)
WORCESTER COUNTY, Md. -- In a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, local law enforcement discussed why they feel schools in the county are no longer safe. The sheriff and state's attorney were pretty blunt, blaming school leadership.
(View video news story:)
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
The Worcester County School library books issue-
(WBOC)
A new motion is on the table, seeking to involve all Worcester County taxpayers in the decision-making process regarding the inclusion or exclusion of books in school libraries.
(View news story video:)
Thursday, November 30, 2023
Worcester County school libraries- explicit books
(Maryland Coast Dispatch)
Explicit Book Concerns Dominate School Board Meeting
Following a contentious school board meeting last week, during which many people shared concerns with explicit library books and a Pocomoke High School senior emotionally asked the board to fight for students, the Maryland Association of School Librarians has issued an advocacy alert and a group of local residents has banded together to defend schools.
(View news article:)
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
(Updated)Worcester County school safety statement
(WBOC)
(Updated)
(View news story:)
Worcester Board of Education Responds to Letter Regarding School Safety | Latest News | wboc.com
(Earlier posting)
(WMDT)
WORCESTER CO., Md. – The Worcester County Board of Education says schools in their system are not unsafe.
On Tuesday, the board released a statement, saying there is a breakdown of communication between the Sheriff, State’s Attorney, and the school board’s executive team.
(View news story:)
Worcester Co. School officials release statement on school safety - 47abc (wmdt.com)
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Boost for restoring Worcester County Afterschool Programs
A grant is making possible the restoration of some After School Programs in Pocomoke and other Worcester County schools.
(View WMDT news story:)
Grant funding restores several afterschool programs in Worcester County - 47abc (wmdt.com)
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Worcester County's school budget issue
Opinion
What is the point, one might ask, of the Worcester County
Teachers Association negotiating teachers’ salaries with the
board of education if the board of education has no power to
guarantee the deal?
Although the board is trying to honor the terms of the
agreement it struck with the association as part of its budget
process, the school board’s ability to deliver on its promises
is entirely dependent on county government’s willingness to
go along with the program.
Because governments don’t actually make anything to sell
and can’t legally profit by charging fees higher than the cost
of services they deliver, they must get their income through
various taxes and fees they impose.
School boards, however, can’t do that. They are at the
mercy of state and county governments, even though they
are not a branch of either.
The school board is an independent entity that’s more answerable to the state board of education than it is to the
county or any other government authority. Except for money.
There are probably a thousand good arguments against it,
but public school systems in this state should have their own
taxing authority if they are to be responsible for setting the
payroll.
Otherwise, as has been shown by the recent budget battle
between the school board and the commissioners, good faith
negotiations between teachers and school boards are more
like hope-for-the-best negotiations.
The commissioners, of course, contend that they are not
preventing the board of education from giving raises or doing
whatever it wants, and that they are only fulfilling their obligation as the county paymaster to account for where the
money goes.
In the meantime, the elected board of education and the
school system are supposed to operate as an independent
agency, when it’s not independent at all.
It doesn’t make sense and somewhere, somehow there
must be a better way to do this.
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Worcester teachers react to school funding budget
(WBOC)
Worcester County Teachers Voice Frustration Over County's Approved Budget
"More than anything else, we all feel disrespected by the county commissioners decision to underfund our schools," said Everett Evansky.
(View news story:)
Pocomoke Public Eye note:
| Date and Time |
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| Description | The Worcester County Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting in the Board Meeting Room at the Worcester County Board of Education Central Office located at 6270 Worcester Highway, Newark, MD. The Board will convene at 10:45 a.m. to immediately consider voting to convene in closed session under General Provisions Art. § 3-305(b) of the Annotated Code of Maryland. The Board will reconvene in open session at 12:30 p.m. A livestream of the meeting will be available for any individuals unable to attend the meeting in person. To access the livestream, visit https://youtu.be/MBK4kCYWzYc. All individuals who have signed up to address the Worcester County Board of Education may do so for one to two minutes regarding information, commendations, or concerns, which may need future Board attention. Concerns that are specific to an individual will not be discussed in open session and should be directed to appropriate district personnel for investigation. When you are called to address the Board, please state your name and address for the record. |
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
More on Worcester County's school budget request
That article can be viewed here:
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Worcester commissioners pressing Board of Ed for funding details
(WMDT)
"The request covers details such as 5 Year expense trends, salary breakdowns, and what kind of grants are being used in programming."
(View news story:)
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
News from Tuesday's Worcester Board of Ed Meeting
• Pocomoke High School Assistant Principal Matthew Hoffman will transfer to Pocomoke Elementary School, replacing Faye Williams, whose retirement was previously announced.
• Kristin Cashman was appointed to the Assistant Principalship at Pocomoke High School, filling Hoffman’s role.
(Read more:)
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
Emergency Response Shields for every Worcester County school
At its July 12, meeting, the Worcester County Board of Education accepted a donation from Pocomoke City-based company Hardwire, LLC to fully outfit every school in Worcester County with the latest generation of its Emergency Response Shields.
(View Board of Education news release:)
BOE Accepts School Safety Donation - Worcester County Public Schools (worcesterk12.org)
Saturday, June 4, 2022
(WBOC)
BERLIN, Md.- The Worcester County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday that two juveniles have been charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and related offenses in connection with what has been deemed a targeted threat at Berlin Intermediate School.
View more about it from Worcester County Public Schools:
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
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