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The first thing to remember when talking about class size in a school district is the systemwide ratio of students to teachers is essentially meaningless, except to compare staffing from district to district and determine the number of teachers in a certain school.
Today's editorial
The first thing to remember when talking about class size in a school district is the systemwide ratio of students to teachers is essentially meaningless, except to compare staffing from district to district and determine the number of teachers in a certain school.
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Too many times this year, elected officials at several levels of public office have tried to keep the public away from meetings, deliberations and records, and that is just wrong.
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As she slips off to a well-earned retirement from public office, Jan Gardner deserves the thanks of the Frederick County community for the fine work she did to establish a template for the office of county executive.
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Frederick County institutions and governments are beginning to see the benefits of the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill passed by Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden in December.
It might seem like such a small, even simple, thing. Frederick County Public Schools started a program to offer free vision care to students at two elementary schools last fall.
It might be the ultimate example of good news/bad news.
We look out at the New Year that will dawn on Sunday, and we hope for the best, for our community, for our state, for our nation and for our world.
Too many times this year, elected officials at several levels of public office have tried to keep the public away from meetings, deliberations and records, and that is just wrong.
Charles Dickens was the master of the Christmas story. The English novelist of the early 19th century was able to create a whole world that for many people became the ideal of the Christmas holiday.
As she slips off to a well-earned retirement from public office, Jan Gardner deserves the thanks of the Frederick County community for the fine work she did to establish a template for the office of county executive.
Frederick County’s political world is undergoing a sea change. Everywhere you look, you see the evidence — more expensive elections, a larger Democratic majority on the County Council, and more partisan division on the greatly enlarged Fredrick County state delegation in Annapolis.
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The state has cleared the way for Frederick County Public Schools to begin offering online instruction to students when schools are closed because of winter weather. Now the district can put a plan in place.
A frequent critic of the Frederick County school system has stirred up a hornet’s nest by asking the district to ban 35 books from school libraries.
Friends, family and political supporters watched at the Weinberg Center for the Arts as newly elected County Executive Jessica Fitzwater and the seven County Council members were sworn into office this week.
Two recent issues in our community have reminded us again of the need and desirability of listening to the community when major projects are proposed — and the difficulty of doing so in an efficient and effective way.
The Christmas holiday season — a time each year for Frederick to show off the many charms of our treasured historic district — is in full swing. Crowds of shoppers have been thronging our downtown shops, restaurants and parks.
You might remember that we published an editorial on Nov. 12 — four days after the election — in which we announced that the expected “Republican red wave” had petered out nationally but had washed over Frederick County.
We greet another Thanksgiving Day in troubled and troubling times. The echoes of our recent political campaigns are still ringing in our ears, even as the distant thunder of the next campaign is already rumbling on the horizon.
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