Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Havre de Grace is amid a grassroots effort to find funding for a new high school.
Havre de Grace is on the scoreboard. But the game is still in the early innings. Harford County Executive and Havre de Grace resident David Craig recently used a similar analogy when explaining the community's standing in what will be a lengthy quest for a new high school. Havre de Grace City Councilman David Glenn relayed that sentiment Monday night: "I’ve got to tell you, the county executive told me the other night, 'You’re a long time baseball coach. All you got through was the pre-season. We have a long way to go to get to the World Series.'" Read Patch coverage of Havre de Grace's drive for a new high school. Havre de Grace was included in the Harford County Board of Education's capital improvement plan, which was passed last week. …
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
The Harford County Board of Education passed the FY2014 Captial Improvement Plan, which will start the funding process for a new Havre de Grace High School.
With the approval of the FY 2014 Capital Improvement Plan at Monday’s Harford Board of Education meeting, Havre de Grace supporters had a pleasant ride home. Their persistance and hard work toward pushing for a new high school was finally beginning to pay off. A total of $3.7 million was requested from Harford County for funding the design of a new Havre de Grace High School. The Harford County Council and the State of Maryland will be responsible for helping push the entire project's funding package through before the dream of many Havre de Grace residents comes to fruition. » Read more Patch coverage of the push for a new school. The board passed the proposed Fiscal Year 2014 Capital Improvement Plan by a 7-1 vote—only board member …
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
The city is potentially on the verge of a new school and a new hospital. Are you excited?
Monday was one of those landmark evenings. The Board of Education passed a capital improvement plan including funding for the design of a new high school, while the city's planning commission OK'd a concept plan for a proposed hospital development. Now I realize both projects are still in their infancy, but Monday was an exciting day for the future of Havre de Grace. I'm curious to hear from you—which project excites you most? Is there one you think will be a bigger boost to the city? Is there one that will more directly impact you? TELL US: Which potential project are you most excited about—a new hospital or a new high school? Leave a comment.
The Harford County Board of Education approved a capital improvement plan Monday.
The Harford Board of Education put a shovel in the ground for Youth’s Benefit Elementary School, and agreed that Havre de Grace High School should have its turn, voting Monday to support local funding for new facilities at each school. The board passed the proposed Fiscal Year 2014 Capital Improvement Plan by a 7-1 vote, with board member Robert Frisch voting against the plan, citing “principle.” At a recent meeting, some members said the school replacement process has become political. Supporters, students, and teachers of both schools have voiced their concern over a variety of issues—including safety, security, overcrowding, poor sanitary conditions, boarded up water fountains due to lead contamination, limited technology, and leaking …
Monday, September 24, 2012
The Harford County Board of Education meets at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the A.A. Roberty Building.
The Harford County Board of Education will vote Monday on a capital improvement plan, which could provide financial support for two new schools in the county. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. at the A.A. Roberty Building in Bel Air. Find the full agenda included with this article in a printable pdf file. Monday's meeting will begin with a moment of silence for late board president Dr. Leonard Wheeler, who died on Sept. 11. The main debate on the Capital Improvement Program includes the possible replacements of Havre de Grace High School and Youth's Benefit Elementary School. The program also includes the funding requirements for future and currently planned projects based on the already approved 2012 Educational Facilities Master Plan. The …
Monday, September 17, 2012
Susquehanna Hose Company Chief Scott Hurst outlines calls to Havre de Grace High School.
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Monday, September 17, 2012
Susquehanna Hose Company Chief Scott Hurst sent this letter to all members of the Harford County Board of Education. A copy was submitted to Patch: ——— I am writing this letter to inform the Harford County Board of Education of the numerous issues the Susquehanna Hose Company has been faced with at the Havre de Grace High School. Over the course of the last three years, the Susquehanna Hose Company has experienced a spike in responses for natural gas leaks at the Havre de Grace High School. On every dispatch, our crews were faced with a natural gas leak, which required an evacuation of the building. On each of these calls, Susquehanna Hose Company crews investigated, located the source of the natural gas leak, and disabled the source of …
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Patch catches up with Havre de Grace Warriors senior Helen Boniface.
Havre de Grace senior, Helen Boniface, who had an impressive season last year with the Warriors girls soccer team, is eager to show the other schools how much they have improved. Boniface and the Warriors visit Aberdeen Thursday. Patch caught up with Helen recently: ——— PATCH: How is the team looking so far? Boniface: Well compared to my other years in high school we are doing a lot better. Usually we'll be practicing and we will say how we are doing better this year, but this time we actually played some teams and have shown them what we're capable of. PATCH: The team went winless in previous years and won once last year. How did that win change things? Boniface: Well, it definitely showed us that we can do it. I think the year before we …
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Havre de Grace residents spoke out in support of a new high school at Monday's Harford County Board of Education meeting.
Safety, security, infrastructure, educational programming, equity and fairness. They were all issues Havre de Grace residents outlined Monday night in their ongoing push to be granted funding for a new high school in the city. » Read more Patch coverage of the movement for a new Havre de Grace High School. In the last Harford County Board of Education meeting before the Sept. 24 vote on the Capital Improvement plan, Havre de Grace community leaders stated why a new Havre de Grace High School should be considered for county and state funding. “I ask that you move Havre de Grace High School from priority No. 4 to priority No. 1,” Havre de Grace Mayor Wayne Dougherty said at Monday’s meeting. » Want to offer your own opinions? Want to …
The Capital Improvement Plan proposes funding for two new schools in Harford County.
Two schools are officially in the running, and two more communities joined the fray in pushing for new school funding in Harford County. At Monday's Harford County Board of Education meeting, parents from John Archer and Joppatowne High School asked to be considered for new schools—joining Havre de Grace High School and Youth's Benefit Elementary School in the discussion. Assistant Superintendent of Operations Cornell Brown presented the board with the final budget request for the Capital Improvement Program. It included the replacement of Youth’s Benefit Elementary and Havre de Grace High School, as well as the HVAC project at Fallston High School. The proposed FY14 Capital Improvement Program will be voted on at the Sept. 24 meeting, …
Monday, September 10, 2012
The Harford County Board of Education meets at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the A.A. Roberty Building.
Monday's Harford County Board of Education meeting will be the final gathering before the Sept. 24 vote on the FY14 Capital Improvement Program. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. at the A.A. Roberty Building in Bel Air. Find the full agenda included with this article in a printable pdf file. A presentation, led by Assistant Superintendent of Operations Cornell S. Brown, will include the proposed final budget which includes the funding requirements for future and currently planned projects based on the already approved 2012 Educational Facilities Master Plan. One main debate on the Capital Improvement Program includes the possible replacements of Havre de Grace High School and Youth's Benefit Elementary School. Both communities have argued …
Curtis Coon
1:03 pm on Friday, September 28, 2012
The next big push will be the County Council, which requires even more work than the School Board, in my opinion. Councilpersons from districts that have received new schools should be reminded of the difference it has made to their community, and how, even after Aberdeen High was finished as a new school, a new wing was supported by David Craig, and approved to accomodate capacity needs. In … more ›