http://towsonfamiliesunited.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:01:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hampton Elementary parents and other Towson Families United members made their case last night for an addition to the school, at a Baltimore County Board of Education meeting.  ABC2 News covered the story. http://towsonfamiliesunited.com/blog/?p=580   County officials told the Baltimore Sun today that Hampton Elementary School parents were misinformed that the addition to their school would begin construction this fall. But it appears that parents weren't the only ones confused. Don Mohler, a spokesman for County Executive Jim Smith, said the project has always needed taxpayer ... http://towsonfamiliesunited.com/blog/?p=578   Almost as soon as Baltimore County officials were shown evidence that it was not a lack of state funding holding up an addition at Hampton Elementary School, the project is on schedule for a fall 2012 opening. In fact, the county is expected to set aside $19 million for the ... http://towsonfamiliesunited.com/blog/?p=575   The head of the state's school construction program today indicated that County Executive Jim Smith was not accurate when he said the decision to stop an addition at Hampton Elementary was due to a lack of state funding. In an email late Friday to Towson Families United, David Lever, executive director ... http://towsonfamiliesunited.com/blog/?p=573 Doug Donovan, once a top reporter at the Baltimore Sun, is investigating why Hampton Elementary was suddenly skipped over for state funding this year -- much to the surprise of even administrators at the school. Other projects lower on the school system's priority list received funding. Donovan writes for Patch.com, a new micro-local ... http://towsonfamiliesunited.com/blog/?p=572 West Towson Elementary School held an opening ceremony and sneak preview for families Thursday. But ABC2 News, which has covered our overcrowding issue for two years, rightly shifted the emphasis of the story to what happens next. Specifically, reporter Christian Schaffer asked why the Hampton Elementary School addition, slated to ... http://towsonfamiliesunited.com/blog/?p=571   The second part of a three-part solution to Towson's elementary school overcrowding problem is on hold, school officials say. Baltimore County Public Schools had planned on beginning a much-needed addition at Hampton Elementary this fall. Administrators and parents there were told that the grounds behind the school would be cleared for ... http://towsonfamiliesunited.com/blog/?p=569 Photos from a recent visit to West Towson Elementary School, under construction and opening this fall. http://towsonfamiliesunited.com/blog/?p=567 The Baltimore County Board of Education tonight approved a school system plan, known as Scenario G, that determines who will attend the new West Towson Elementary School, and who will stay at Rodgers Forge and Riderwood elementaries. The decision to approve the plan was made after little discussion.  Board member Lawrence ... http://towsonfamiliesunited.com/blog/?p=554 The Board of Education will hear public comment on the school system's proposed elementary school redistricting plan tonight at 7 at Loch Raven High School. The Board will ultimately be deciding who will attend the new West Towson Elementary School.  Tonight's input could influence that decision. For those interested in speaking, sign-up ... http://towsonfamiliesunited.com/blog/?p=553