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Beltsville Library Hours Page 20 • The BELTSVILLE NEWS • APRIL 2007 Mon. - Wed.: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thurs.:10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. School News Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley recently nominated High Point junior Renford Freemantle to be the student member of the Maryland State Board of Education. Freemantle (R) is shown in this photo with Dr. John E. Deasy, CEO of Prince George’s County Schools. High Point Student Nominated for Maryland State Board of Education Renford Freemantle, a High Point High School student from Beltsville, has been nominated by Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley to be the next Student Member of the Maryland State Board of Education. Freemantle is a junior and serves on the High Point Student government. The process for being named involved out-competing some 200 students By Vicki Murphy-Wauschek, President, PTSA Wow, the third quarter is over and we are heading to the final stretch. There is so much going on right now. High Point has a Parent Liaison Representative — Christina Sullivan Obregon, and she has been tasked with notifying parents with telephone calls and surveys with the prospect of school uniforms. Please take the time to complete the survey when it comes home from school and voice your opinion. The staff is in the process of contacting the local fast food restaurants looking for their support by NOT serving our students food during non-lunch hours. A Blue Ribbon Task Force is in the process of being organized by Jim Cheney. He is looking for other parents and community leaders to join him and help cut through statewide. Two hundred applications narrowed down to 15, then to five semi-finalists elected by student government representatives statewide at a convention. The competition eventually narrowed down to two finalists considered by the Governor. It was a very rigorous selection process. The Beltsville News expresses congratulations to Renford Freemantle. High Point High School PTSA red tape to make things happen with a sense of urgency. Maintaining a school is indeed a vast undertaking, but it seems to be even more daunting when mounds of paperwork and a lack of accountability exist. Many thanks to our PTSA volunteers who provided green snacks to the staff to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Please mark your calendar for our next Executive Board Meeting - Tuesday, April 17th, 6:00 p.m. in room 108. We will be forming a nominating committee for our next school year’s board and committee members, so please attend! Upcoming Calendar: General Membership Meeting - Tuesday, May 8th, 6:00 p.m. in room 108. Teacher Appreciation dates to be announced.
Area News Chesapeake Bay and Endangered Species Fund In an effort to stimulate voluntary funding for Chesapeake Bay restoration and education programs, Comptroller Peter Franchot joined Governor Martin ■✔ O’Malley and a host of Maryland educators to promote the Chesapeake Bay and Endangered Species Fund, a voluntary mechanism created to support Chesapeake Bay restoration and education programs and to protect Maryland’s endangered species. This fund, which is split evenly between the Chesapeake Bay Trust and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, allows Marylanders to donate through their state income tax return an amount of their choice to help save the Bay and conserve Maryland’s native wildlife and endangered species. In 2006, more than $1.2 million was donated through the tax check-off, which helped to fund hundreds of Bay restoration projects and education programs throughout the state. “At tax time, Marylanders have a unique opportunity to donate to help the Bay and Maryland wildlife an amount of their choosing through the Chesapeake Bay and Endangered Species Fund,” said Comptroller Franchot. “By simply saying ‘Yes, I would like to donate to the fund through line 37,’ you are doing your part in one of the simplest ways possible to help save the Chesapeake Bay.” Launched in 1990, the Chesapeake Bay and Endangered Species Fund is one of the most successful voluntary tax check-off programs of its kind in the nation. In 2006, more than 46,000 Maryland state income tax statements were returned with contributions to the fund, which averaged $26 per donation. Since the Chesa- ■✔ peake Bay Trust’s inception in 1985, the organization has awarded more than $20 million in grants that have restored countless acres of wetlands, planted thousands of trees, educated hundreds of thousands of Maryland students, and improved water quality through the state’s rivers and streams. Of the Trust’s total grant funding, more than $8.5 million has originated from voluntary contributions dedicated to the Bay Fund tax check-off. As well, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources has used the contributions to restore and protect many of the most critical and vulnerable wildlife species in Maryland. Md. Child Care Standards Among Nation’s Best Maryland’s system of child care centers has some of the nation’s strongest standards and oversight programs, according to a new study released in March. “We Can Do Better,” a report on the nation’s child care systems by the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA), ranks Maryland’s system fourth overall and tied for third among states. The Department of Defense, which has its own child care system, ranked first. Illinois and New York tied for second, while Maryland and Washington State tied for fourth. Maryland’s child care system has been administered by the Maryland State Department of Education since 2005. “Maryland takes seriously its responsibility to children of all ages,” said State Superintendent of Schools Nancy S. Gras- mick. “MSDE, along with its strong system of child care centers, seeks to provide safe environments for young people and provide them with exciting learning opportunities.” The NACCRRA report ranks states on 15 basic criteria related to their current child care center standards and oversight. The report is highly critical of many state programs and says there is an urgent national need to improve child care administration. APRIL 2007 • The BELTSVILLE NEWS • Page 21
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