State officials set to adopt new graduation requirements
Maryland officials outlined a two year process culminating in a state board bylaw to raise credit and course standards for diplomas. Four years of secondary schooling plus 20 credits across English math social studies science and more, with Maryland Functional Tests a prerequisite. A merit certificate rewards advanced work and a 2.6 GPA. Handicapped students face alternative certificates. Summer and evening study credits allowed. seventh and eighth grade credit already promised will be eliminated.
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Ellicott City
Maryland Commission On Secondary Education
U.S
Maryland
Lotal
Education Department
Seneca House to move to Germantown for larger treatment capacity
Montgomery County Planning Board approved moving Seneca House alcoholism treatment from Poolesville to a 6.8 acre Germantown site on Md 355 near Md 118. The 34-bed, single-story facility aims to begin construction in September and open next April, expanding from 20 beds to serve southern Frederick County with closer ties to Frederick.
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Silver Spring
Poolesville
Germantown
Montgomery County Planning Board
Sandra Clunies
MD. 355
MD. 118
Seneca House Board
Ernest C. Raskauskas
Planning Commission
Clunies
Frederick County
Frederick
Riley’s Lock Road
Denis Canavan
Mabie Granke
Rabies cases rise in county with multiple animal exposures
Frederick County health spokesman Carol Coates reports three more rabies cases including two raccoons from Emmitsburg and Jefferson and a Frederick bat on Ballenger Creek Road. A prior April 21 cow case caused exposure for five people. Health clinics continue with $2.50 per animal vaccination and guidance for exposure and child precautions.
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Carol Coates
Frederick County Health Department
Emmitsburg
Jefferson
Frederick
Ballenger Creek Road
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