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Governor Larry Hogan and State Superintendent Salmon honor Blaine Gaskill, the School Resource Officer at Great Mills, credited with saving lives through decisive action.
MSDE and the Maryland Center for School Safety aimed a special spotlight on Campus Safety in a unique meeting this April. As a response to recent school safety concerns that many students, parents and educators have brought to light in the wake of tragic gun violence situations, MSDE has worked hand in hand with the center to create discussion opportunities for school staff, law enforcement and educators alike to voice their concerns.
As part of these efforts MSDE and the Maryland Center for School Safety held the 2018 Maryland School Safety Summit. Summit Leaders from Maryland’s 24 local school systems attended the meeting held in Annapolis on April 19th. The summit focused on state-of-the art preparation and prevention ideas and protocols that were followed by discussion groups, comprised of school system administrators and guidance staff along with local law enforcement, fire departments, EMTs, and emergency management officials.
The summit also stood as an occasion to honor Deputy Blaine Gaskill, the school resource officer credited with quickly ending the Great Mills High School shooting in St. Mary’s County. Officer Gaskill was honored by Governor Hogan and State Superintendent Salmon for his heroism. For a video highlight of Officer Blaine Gaskill's Recognition Ceremony, look below!
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Click the link for a recap of the Maryland Center for School Safety Conference. Governor Larry Hogan and State Superintendent Karen Salmon welcome hundreds of educators, police, and policymakers to Annapolis with one thing on the agenda: school safety.
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MSDE, in partnership with Mid-Atlantic Regional Education Laboratory, is hosting the 2018 Maryland Connections Summit. This summit brings together education professionals and highlights the vital role data plays in education decision making.
Registration is now open! Click the link to register TODAY!
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2017-2018 Milken Educator Awardee, Allison Felton and State Board Members
April 24, 2018
The following actions were taken at the April 24, 2018 State Board of Education meeting:
- Granted permission
to publish the repeal of Regulation .06 Educational
Programs for Pregnant Girls under Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR)
13A.08.01 General Regulations. Regulation .06 is out-of-date and the
provisions of the regulation are covered in Maryland statute and other COMAR
regulations. Specifically, the
Annotated Code of Maryland, Education Article 7-301 - Compulsory Attendance,
COMAR 13A.05.05.01-.04 – Coordinated
Programs of Pupil Services, COMAR 13A. 04.18.01 - Comprehensive Health Education Instructional Programs for Grades
Prekindergarten – 12, and the Maryland Student Records System Manual
contain the necessary provisions for all students, including students
identified in COMAR 13A.08.01.06.
- Granted permission
to publish amendments to Regulation .06 Classification
under COMAR 13A.06.03 Interscholastic
Athletics in the State. The
amendments change how schools are classified for parity and equitable
participation in interscholastic athletics.
- Granted permission to
publish amendments to Regulation .04 Length
of School Year under COMAR 13A.02.01 Local
Boards of Education. The amendments enable
the Maryland State Department of Education to monitor local school systems’
make-up recovery plans on a timely basis and update the Maryland State Board of
Education on the make-up recovery plans, if needed.
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Approved requests from
Kent County and St. Mary’s County public schools for a one-day waiver of the
180-day instructional requirement for the 2017-2018 school year.
- Approved a request
from Baltimore County Public Schools to waive eight hours of the
1,170-hour high school instructional requirement for the 2017-2018 school year
on the condition high school hours are increased in the 2018-2019 school calendar,
as well as in subsequent years.
- Denied requests from
Caroline County, Howard County, Queen Anne’s County, and Somerset County public
schools for a two-day waiver of the 180-day instructional day requirement for
the 2017-2018 school year.
- Denied a request from Cecil County Public
Schools for a one-day waiver of the 180-day instructional requirement for the
2017-2018 school year.
- Recognized Allison
Felton, a mathematics teacher at Annapolis High School in Anne Arundel County,
as Maryland’s 2017-2018 Milken National Educator.
The following Opinion
and Orders were rendered:
- Wallce and
Marlene D. v. Anne Arundel County Board of Education – student suspension – Opinion No. 18-14
- Mercy I.
v. Howard County Board of Education – residency – Opinion No. 18-15
Meeting materials, Opinions, and Orders can be found at:
http://marylandpublicschools.org/stateboard/Pages/default.aspx
The next meeting of the Maryland State
Board of Education will be held on May 22, 2018 at the Nancy S.
Grasmick State Education Building, 200 West Baltimore Street, 7th
Floor Board Room, Baltimore, Maryland 21201.
Appropriate
accommodations for individuals with disabilities will be provided upon request.
Eight business days notice prior to the event is required. Please contact
Charlene Necessary at (410) 767-0467 or TTY at (410) 333-6442 so arrangements
can be made.
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