VIA GAZETTE.NET: As the newly relocated Dutch Country Market bustled with shoppers, a furniture store parking lot across the street sat nearly empty under a large yellow banner announcing a going-out-of-business sale. Prince George’s County Councilman Thomas E. Dernoga (D-Dist. 1) of Laurel, who was on hand for the market’s official grand opening on Sept. […]
VIA WASHINGTON POST: Educationally speaking, Montgomery and Prince George’s counties are a world apart. But when it comes to hurdling Maryland’s ever-rising bar for academic achievement, the two school systems have one thing in common: They tripped up this year. Both counties failed to meet Maryland’s standards for elementary, middle and high school students this […]
VIA WASHINGTOPOST.COM: Nearly a year into his tenure as head of Maryland’s second-largest school system, Prince George’s County School Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. is searching for lieutenants to execute his strategy. The executive cabinet of his predecessor, John E. Deasy, has largely scattered. Since Hite was chosen as interim superintendent in December and then […]
VIA MYFOXDC: PRINCE GEORGE’S Co., Md. – It’s the mystery many Prince George’s County employees are trying to solve. Who is next to be laid off? A source tells FOX 5 up to 150 county employees will be cut. The county says it is being forced to consider job cuts because of a 22.7 million […]
VIA WJLA: Prince George’s County health officials are recommending that residents bat-proof their homes after a number of rabid bats have been found. Authorities say nine bats have tested positive for rabies since August 1. One person who came in contact with one has been treated for rabies. The sudden rise in rabid bats in […]
VIA THE GAZETTE: More than half of Prince George’s County high schools improved on SAT scores this year, but the county still lags behind the state average overall. Prince George’s County students scored an average of 1,296 out of a possible 2,400, putting them 201 points behind the statewide average of 1,497. The average county […]
VIA WASHINGTON POST: As the weeks wore on this summer, Prince George’s County school administrators could see they were running out of time to avert a crisis over class schedules for the county’s 41,000 high school students. But they had no backup system and didn’t tell parents or students of the looming disaster until the […]
VIA WASHINGTON POST: More than 3,400 Prince George’s County high school students remained without class schedules at noon Wednesday as top school officials acknowledged rising parent fury over logistical problems that have plagued the first week of the academic year. “We’re working to resolve it,” Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. said at an afternoon news […]
VIA MYFOXDC: PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. – The first day of class for hundreds and possibly thousands of public high school students throughout Prince George’s County was anything but smooth Monday. A computer scheduling snafu left many students with no class schedule, others with partial schedules and some with two classes at the same time. […]
(Alexandria, VA) — An Alexandria man who works as a teacher in Prince George’s County is accused of having sex with a student. Police say Mark Jackson had an inappropriate relationship last year with a girl in his ROTC class at Charles Herbert Flowers High School in Springdale. Detectives say the 43-year-old drove the 16-year-old […]
