TOWSON, MD – Wendy Boyden, building chief at Essex Elementary School, has been named one of 10 finalists in Cintas Corporation’s national Janitor of the Year contest (#JOTY). To cast your vote for Boyden, please visit www.cintas.com/JOTY. Voting will close Friday, April 14. The finalist who receives the most votes will receive a $5,000 cash prize along with $5,000 in […]
TOWSON – Student representatives from across Baltimore County will meet in two weeks to select from among two finalists – Drew Perkoski of Parkville High School and Josie Shaffer of Pikesville High School – to potentially become the next student member of the Board of Education of Baltimore County. Hundreds of middle and high school students are scheduled to meet […]
TOWSON, MD. – Purple-faced Aster carries a flower and wears a big white spacesuit. Larry, who is blue and triangular, seems to live in a tree stump. Orange Mike, with his long arms and legs, loves to have fun. And you will want to spend time with all three of them and their friends. Aster, Larry, and Mike are the […]
Students at an Essex in high school up in arms over a photo featuring a racial slur that was shared on social media this week. The photo showed a student posing on a baseball diamond with a racial slur written in the dirt. The photo was captioned, “Baseball is a white mans (sic) sport.” The photo was posted the Snapchat, […]
UPDATE: Christopher Engels has been convicted in connection with a 2019 murder in Perry Hall. Original story below… —— Police have identified and charged the student who brought a gun to Perry Hall High School on Thursday. The student has been identified as 17-year-old Christopher James Engles of Perry Hall. Engles is being held on a no-bail status. He is […]
UPDATE: Councilman David Marks has issued the following press release: Following the release of new enrollment statistics, Baltimore County Councilman David Marks called today for immediate action to deal with severe overcrowding at Perry Hall Middle School. Perry Hall Middle, a school built for 1,643 students, will enroll more than 2,000 by the 2018-2019 school year. The enrollment climbed far […]
Student teams from Eastern Technical High School and Parkville High School have received awards in the Digital Promise Global 360 Filmmakers Challenge. Through the national competition, Digital Promise Global and partner Oculus (which creates virtual reality products) challenged high school students to use virtual reality and 360° video to promote social change. The student team from Eastern Tech, working with […]
by Councilman David Marks IGNORING PERRY HALL MIDDLE’S OVERCROWDING IS UNACCEPTABLE!!! As you know, one of my priorities as Perry Hall’s Councilman has been to reduce overcrowding at Perry Hall Middle School. It was the primary reason why we downzoned, lowered and blocked development in 2016 on more than 1,268 acres of eastern Perry Hall. Last fall, Superintendent Dance committed […]