Lawmaker's service bill May Get Fresh Committee Chance
Senate committee chair Sen. Clarence Blount agreed to reconsider last month’s 6-5 vote to kill a bill repealing the school board 75 hour community service graduation rule. Sen. Smelser seeks to reopen debate. supporters say eight votes needed for reconsideration may be hard to secure amid mixed positions from Collins and Lawlah.
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Annapolis
Senate
Clarence Blount
Baltimore
Charles Smelser
Union Bridge Democrat
Blount
Smelser
Michael Collins
Baltimore County
Collins
Gloria Lawlah
Prince George’s
Middletown Officials Discuss Site for New School
Middletown town and Frederick County officials met with county educators to discuss locating a new elementary school in the Middletown Valley. They seek 12 to 16 acres, with water sewer access and transportation factors, aiming for a September 1998 opening pending growth and site suitability.
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Middletown
Middletown - Town
Frederick County Board of Education
Commissioners, Planning and Zoning
Middletown Valley
Gadra
Officials calm fears of meningitis in Montgomery County
Montgomery County health officials said the third meningitis case in a month is viral and not part of an epidemic. School Health Services Director Carol Mathews noted two prior cases were bacterial, one fatal, and stressed no connection exists among the cases. Letters were sent to Kensington Parkwood Elementary parents to ease fears.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
Carol Mathews
Kensington Parkwood
Matthew Chang
Winston Churchill
Sherwood High School
Sandy Spring
Mathews
Task force weighs impact fees and housing aims
Frederick County Commissioners appointed task force reviewed background issues on impact fees facing an early April deadline for recommendations. Proposal discussed would set fees at about 70 percent of the maximum with 3500 dollars for single family homes 3000 for townhouses and 1000 for rentals. About 100 dollars per fee would fund libraries and the rest schools. A plan to dedicate 10 percent of collected funds to affordable housing grants was proposed to come from the general fund.
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Frederick County
Cliff Snyder
Kitty Smith
Rocky Mackintosh
Snyder
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