The program is an expansion of the system’s current virtual program that existed prior to the pandemic, “but on steroids,” Gregg Bricca, director of virtual learning, said at a board of education meeting on Wednesday. More courses will be offered that will allow students to meet the minimum enrollment and graduation requirements to be a full-time virtual student.
The superintendent’s proposed budget for fiscal 2022 requested $204.6 million from the county to help fund the school system, but after discussions about student recovery Feb. 10, the board asked for $5.2 million more based on a five-year plan created prior to the pandemic.
Carroll County Public Schools plans to convert 80 positions from 10 to 11 months to help with overall student recovery that will cost millions baltimoresun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from baltimoresun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Carroll County’s superintendent said his proposed fiscal 2022 budget of $371.4 million focuses on direct support for students and staff as they recover from the pandemic.
Published December 23, 2020 at 12:37 PM EST
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2020 comes to a close a week from tomorrow, and for many of us, it can’t end soon enough. It has been a year of unprecedented calamity, with levels of disease and death that are incomprehensible. Nearly 80 million people are infected with the Coronavirus around the globe; about 18 million are infected in the United States. More than 10 million Americans are out of work. Hundreds of thousands have been killed by this pernicious disease, and our health care system, in some places, and for some people, is under tremendous strain.
It is my custom on this program to take some time at the end of the year to remember, briefly, some of the people in our local area who have passed away during the year. None of the folks I am mentioning died of COVID-19, and as always, this is not an exhaustive list. I simply want to call attention to a few of the people in the area who I was blessed to know