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Bohemia Manor High School Athletic Director Bruce Kline has been named this year’s Athletic Director of the Year for district 7 from the Maryland State Athletic Directors Association. Kline, who
ELKTON â The Cecil County Public Schools (CCPS) annual Winter Art Show continued in a virtual form, presenting 150 pieces of student art ranging from elementary to high-schoolers. Parodies of classic works, like The Scream, to scenes of nature, and colorful modern abstract pieces showcased student artistsâ creativity, despite the challenges of the pandemic.
âTo have this happen, without needing to be in a physical space was a highlight of my year,â said Jennifer Fox, a teacher in CCPS for 20 years. âA lot of the other art things are all gone. And I live for this stuff.â
Fox, a teacher at Elkton High-School, said the Winter Art Show is important to build studentsâ enthusiasm for art by exposing their work to a larger audience. She discussed how one former student, Han Tran, made a pencil drawing of Jesus for one art show that went viral on Instagram.
ELKTON â The 2022 Cecil County Public Schools (CCPS) budget, presented by Superintendent Dr. Jeffrey Lawson to the Citizens Advisory Committee on Tuesday, would increase spending by 1.7%, or 3.7 million dollars. A marked decrease from the previous yearâs budget increase of 4.5%.
Though Lawson is confident that schools will re-open safely, a long-term decline in enrollment, leading to revenue reductions and staff cuts, continues to affect CCPS.
The school systemâs loss of 500 students between 2020 and 2021 is part of a decrease of enrollment by 9.2% since 2009. Declining enrollment is especially prevalent in younger students, with 591 less pre-middle school students in 2020 than in 2019.
Assistant superintendent Dr. Carolyn Teigland said the district is preparing for a possible small spike in enrollment in some schools, however, as parents who began homeschooling their children due to the pandemic return when in-person learning resumes.