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		<title>Public Schools to Remain Closed until 4/24, as COVID-19 Virus Spreads; Cecil Schools Prep Meals, Online Courses</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2020 18:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maryland has ordered public schools in the state to remain closed until 4/24/2020, extending for a month an earlier two-week shutdown due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak, leaving thousands of Cecil County students at home as school officials prepare to roll out new online learning programs. Standing with Gov. Larry Hogan in Annapolis, State Superintendent of Schools Karen Salmon announced Wednesday (3/25/2020) that all Maryland public schools will now remain closed for another four weeks in an effort to slow down the spread of the virus. &#8220;I am working in concert with all local school system superintendents, including multiple calls per week, in order to provide the continuity of learning to all of our students in every jurisdiction across the State of Maryland during this time,&#8221; she said. “We plan to resume the continuity of learning next week, and we will be working closely with local superintendents, school administrators, and our teachers to activate that plan.&#8221; She did not rule out another closure order, possible for the rest of the school year, after the current order expires. She also did not specify whether the state schools system would consider requiring summer school sessions to bring students up to date on [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Schools Get Middling Grades on New State &#8216;Report Card;&#8217; Three Elementary Schools Shine</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2018 23:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATED A new state “report card” on the quality of local schools gave top rankings to just three Cecil County elementary schools—Calvert, Charlestown and Kenmore—while most middle and high schools scored the middle rank, with three stars on a five-star rating scale. The new state system is designed to broaden measures of school quality to reach beyond just test scores, which in the past have been criticized as too one-dimensional to reflect the full range of student achievement. Dr. Jeffrey Lawson, the new superintendent of Cecil County Public Schools (CCPS), told the Cecil County Council at a Tuesday morning (12/11/2018) worksession in Elkton, that “We’re pleased, generally speaking” and “There are not a lot of surprises” in the state report card on local schools. Lawson acknowledged that low scores on the state-mandated PARCC (“Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers”) test had been a problem on past state evaluations of local schools. “PARCC is a very difficult test,” he said. The state is shifting to a new test next year, so future ratings will not include the troublesome PARCC performance results. The new assessment system, which assigns ratings for each school in the state from one star to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Familiar Jockey Rides New Horse: Schools Chief Questioned on $, Security by County Council as Exec McCarthy Offers $1 million Aid</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS Jeffrey Lawson is a familiar face in local government circles, as a nine-year veteran of the county public schools’ administrative staff. But that experience was like being an exercise rider at the racetrack before a recent elevation to the top jockey position: Superintendent of the Cecil County Public Schools. In his first race, Lawson didn’t particularly impress the keepers of the purse: the Cecil County Council. Several members of the Council, meeting in a worksession on Tuesday (8/7/2018), openly expressed skepticism about CCPS’ handling of school security improvement projects and stewardship of county funds. Lawson, in his first appearance before the Council since taking the schools helm in July, did little to ease their concerns or directly address questions over continued security needs&#8211; as well as a previous CCPS decision to draw $2 million from reserve funds under CCPS control to build a new field house at Perryville High School while many school security fixes remained unaddressed. And when Council President Joyce Bowlsbey (R-2) questioned whether a new $1 million security bailout proposed by the county executive would “cover all the schools needs,” she was told that CCPS was on track to boost security at just half of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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