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So, here we are again at budget time. The proposed operating budget was released last week and the proposed amount is $162m. This is down from $163.5m last year. The commissioner’s plan also called for CCPS to use $4m of its fund balance to make up the difference. CCPS, through careful spending and continual searching […]

Westminster, MD – March 7, 2014 — Carroll Values Education is pleased to announce a series of candidate receptions to be held around Carroll County in April. Candidates for Carroll County Board of Education have been invited to all three events. Candidates for Carroll County Board of Commissioners have been invited to the events in […]

Many parents are concerned about all of the time and resources spent in taking assessments. With the MSA being replaced by PARCC, the test has become meaningless. Scores will drop again this year as they did last year. This does not mean our kids aren’t learning, but that the assessments are measuring what is being […]

This week wraps up our first quarter with Common Core fully implemented in CCPS. Carroll Values Education is interested in how it is going. Responses are viewed only by Carroll Values Education.  Your name and/or email address will never be shared. The role, subject, level and school responses are optional and will not be shared […]

This week wraps up our first quarter with Common Core fully implemented in CCPS. Carroll Values Education is interested in how it is going. Responses are viewed only by Carroll Values Education.  Your name and/or email address will never be shared. The level and school responses are optional. Please respond only if you are a […]

This Saturday, October 26, 2013, CVE will be participating in the City of Westminster Recreation & Parks Department second annual Trick or Treat Trail at Wakefield Valley Community Trail on Tahoma Farm Road from 3:00pm to 6:00pm. We are looking for donations of candy and volunteers to help hand out our literature to the parents […]

From Carroll Values Education member Susan McNulty: When I learned that the Commissioners’ weekly agenda included a “Common Core” meeting at the Mount Airy Inn with Commissioner Frazier, I emailed her to inquire if the meeting was open to the public. I stated that since it was on the official agenda (and it dealt with […]

The Maryland State Board of Education has drafted a Student Code of Conduct and is proposing new student discipline regulations that, if adopted, would apply to every public school system in Maryland. Currently, student disciplinary policies and regulations fall under the sole authority of the Board of Education of Carroll County. The adoption of these […]