After bus drivers staged a sickout in Howard County, negotiations with officials have been held and $2M allocated to support the drivers.
As of Oct. 12, 868 students and staff with HCPSS are in quarantine. The school district releases COVID-19 statistics weekly.
TikTok challenges encouraging students to damage school property and assault teachers prompted the HCPSS superintendent to speak out.
As of Oct. 8, more than 1,400 students and staff with HCPSS are in quarantine. The school district will release COVID-19 statistics weekly.
People are being sought to serve on Howard County Public School System's LGBTQIA+ Advisory Committee; apply by Oct. 11 for consideration.
Free RTA passes will support students who use public transportation to get to jobs and other services and destinations across the county.
As of Sept. 28, almost 1,000 students and staff with HCPSS are in quarantine. The school district will release COVID-19 statistics weekly.
An economics teacher at Mount Hebron High School has been given a national educator award.
The Howard County Board of Education has signed off on a $99.5M capital budget for the FY22-23, which includes a new school and an addition.
The data analysis company Niche looked at academics, teachers and diversity in school districts serving Maryland.
Mt. Hebron High School football players visited Waverly Elementary School students Sept. 8 to help ease them back into the school year.
Register Saturday for the Black Student Achievement Program's Saturday Math Academy, which will be held virtually this year.
Every classroom in every HCPSS school building will have a HEPA filter unit installed as a way to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
Among the many line items in the Howard County Public School System's proposed budget include funding for a new high school and renovations.
The Howard County Public School System has been ranked seventh in Maryland and first among educational institutions in the state.
A nearly $400K grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will bring climate change curriculum to HCPSS 6th graders.
Howard County high school sophomores can apply now through Sept. 28 for a position with the Student Climate Change Institute.
To accommodate a shortage in drivers, HCPSS buses will run double routes for some schools, picking up and dropping off students in groups.
Howard County Public School System Superintendent Michael J. Martirano shared the protocols to be in place for a return to school this fall.
Donations are being accepted now through Aug. 21 at HoCo libraries and Columbia Village Association offices as well as online.
Michael Gorleski, who teaches career technology education at Mt. Hebron High School, has been selected as the 2021 CTE Teacher of the Year.
Masks must be worn this fall on HCPSS buses, in buildings and, for unvaccinated individuals, are recommended to be worn outdoors.
Howard County officials have acquired land in the Turf Valley development for building HCPSS's 44th elementary school.
More than 1,000 scholarship winners have been announced in the last round of National Merit scholarships, including half a dozen from HoCo.
The SECU MD Foundation Scholarship Program has awarded $115,000 to students across the state, including three from Howard County.
Nationally, applications for financial aid are down this year.
A lawsuit seeking to limit the voting powers of the Howard County Board of Education's student member has won an appeal.
The Howard County Public School System will allow school resource officers only in high schools for the 2021-2022 school year.
The Howard County Public School System is seeking members to serve on the school district's mathematics academic advisory committee.
Anna Chalupa and Gitanjali Raghava of HoCo will have their work displayed in the National Museum of American History Exhibit Showcase.
Ten thousand students from 266 schools spanning 42 states, including Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, as well as Canada, participated.
In order to use any HCPSS elementary or middle school building or property this fall, a request must be submitted before June 30.
Free meals will be provided to students participating in HCPSS summer programs at the 33 program locations along with grab-and-go meals.
Members of this committee attend up to 6 meetings to discuss and make recommendations regarding the HCPSS academic school calendar.
The Howard County Public School System seeks members to serve on its policy advisory committees. The deadline to apply is June 24.
A team of four Howard County Public School System students placed 2nd in The National Personal Finance Challenge held virtually this year.
FIRST Chesapeake, an international robotics community, has award the Glenelg High School robotics team with the "chairman's award."
Half a dozen Howard County high schoolers have received a National Merit Scholarship from a university in this latest round of funding.
The approved FY22 operating budget for the Howard County Public School System totals $942.6 million and the capital budget is $90.4 million.
A student team from Mount Hebron High School outscored other student teams from across the United States to a national economics challenge.