Record number of school board applicants compete for Anne Arundel County seats
Op-ed published in Watchdog Wire
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Will Incoming Anne Arundel County Schools Superintendent Arlotto Be A Maxwell Clone?
Op-ed published in Watchdog Wire
Read MoreIs anything less than true e-voting adequate for today’s post office challenged youth?
Maryland’s absentee voting technology for the June 24 statewide primary assumes U.S. Post Office skills and resources that the newest generation of young voters not only lack but are not anxious to acquire. My son, a rising...
Read MoreMaryland Transportation Authority Gets An "F" For Customer Service
MDTA service compares to failed Maryland health exchange. One day in late May 2014, my wife drove back to Maryland from Connecticut through seven toll booths that use E-ZPass: two in New York, three in New Jersey, one in...
Read MoreBig Surprise at Meeting to Select New AACPS School Board Members
To select a new school board member by July 1, the Governor will have to claim emergency appointment powers despite no emergency. There is usually nothing more predictable and unexciting in Anne Arundel County politics than the...
Read MoreIs the AACPS School Board Embarrassed by the Incoming Superintendent’s Compensation?
More than six weeks after the Board offered George Arlotto the superintendent position, it still has not disclosed his compensation. More than six weeks ago the Anne Arundel County Public School System (AACPS) School Board...
Read MoreGetting What We Pay For: Are our school board members underpaid?
How much is a school board worth? Should we apply to the Anne Arundel County Board of Education the maxim that “you get what you pay for”? Regular school board members earn $6,000/year (the president earns $8,000/year) to...
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J.H. Snider