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High schools to compete in Carroll Academic Challenge
If history is any guide, it is unlikely that the reigning Carroll Academic Challenge champions will repeat this year. Since the trivia and knowledge competition was created in 2004, a different high school has won every year. The first year, it was L...
Mar. 29, 2008;

Masks depict cultural identity
Activities include student creations Students at Cranberry Station Elementary School ended a month’s worth of multicultural activities, projects and assemblies Monday with a parade of masks. Video Students in third through fifth grade had mad...
Apr. 1, 2008;

Morse’s racial slur upsets many
Members of Carroll County’s minority community are split as to whether Board of Education member Jeff Morse should resign after using a racial slur, but said the comment reflects racism that still exists in the county. Morse used a racial slur ...
Mar. 22, 2008;

School board's Morse: I used racial slur
Carroll County Board of Education member Jeff Morse said he used an inappropriate racial phrase when describing layers of black rock he saw out at the Manchester Valley High School construction site earlier this month. Morse, who visited the site two...
Mar. 20, 2008;

Groups, board focus on filling Morse's seat
Some members of the community would like the vacant school board seat created by Jeff Morse’s resignation to be filled with a minority. But according to the Carroll County Board of Elections, it might be impossible for anyone to get on the ball...
Mar. 28, 2008;

Schools to revisit substance abuse policy
A committee charged with making changes to the school system’s substance abuse policy will hold the first of two public hearings on the topic Wednesday night. While most portions of the substance abuse policy are considered non-negotiable, what...
Mar. 18, 2008;

Morse resigns
Board of Education member Jeff Morse resigned from his post Wednesday afternoon, saying it was best for the board that he step down. Appointed by Gov. Martin O’Malley to fill a vacancy in May of last year, Morse came under fire last week after ...
Mar. 27, 2008;

Turning 100
Celebration pays tribute to Carroll’s newest centenarian MIDDLEBURG With one deep, robust breath, Mary Crawmer leaned over and blew out the candles on her yellow birthday cake with vanilla frosting. The cake had only three candles, but each s...
Mar. 25, 2008;

Minority liaison hopes to make classrooms feel more welcoming
Patricia Levroney, minority achievement liaison for Carroll County Public Schools, was awarded this year’s recipient of the Carroll County Human Relations Commission Award. The banquet is on March 31 at the New Windsor Conference Center. Q: How...
Mar. 24, 2008;

Schools get 3 new principals
Francis Scott Key, Winters Mill and Westminster high schools will have new principals this fall, after a vacancy was created at FSK when Principal Randy Clark moved to the new Manchester Valley High School. But all three of the new principals have co...
Mar. 24, 2008;