Legislators Move to Create Elections for County School Board
After a failed attempt in 2012, members of Anne Arundel County's delegation are trying again to make the county's school board an elected office.
Members of Anne Arundel County's Statehouse delegation are trying to convert the county School Board from an appointed position to an elected one. The governor appoints School Board members that are vetted for him by an 11-member School Board Nominating Commission. Once appointed, new members are subjected to a retention vote during the next general election. "The Board manages regulations around Anne Arundel County schools and control 53 percent of the taxes that every Anne Arundel county taxpayer pays," said Del. Nic Kipke (R-Pasadena). "The bill that we introduced ... is that all the School Board be elected by the people." Sen. Bryan Simonaire introduced two bills to Maryland's Senate on Jan. 14. One proposes amending the state's …
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John Smith
2:32 pm on Saturday, November 17, 2012
At 3:00 in the morning a house in Elizabeths Landing burned to the ground. It took the fire dept. half an hour to get there and the uninspected fire hydrant was dry. Clearly the emergency officials need some improvement. Its their job to lie about the times they got there so they don't get in trouble and thats exactly what they were doing when this kid got shot. more ›