Standard test for MontCo pupils to be shortened in program change
Montgomery County public school testing will shrink by 64 percent next year as ITBS is replaced by the California Achievement Test and seventh and ninth grade testing moves to eighth grade. The changes, effective 1980-81, include dropping the CAT this year while CTBS links and social studies gaps are addressed for future versions.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
State Board of Education
Iowa
California
J. Edward Andrews Jr
Andrews
County teachers and board begin contract negotiations
The Frederick County Teachers Association and the county board of education met Monday evening to discuss open contracts for the coming year. Priorities include reducing class size and boosting salary and fringe benefits, based on member questionnaires with over half responding. Negotiation teams are led on the FCTA side by Marius Ambrose and on the board by Donald Z. Koons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Teachers Association
FCTA
County Board of Education
Nancy L. Gordon
Marius Ambrose
Beverly Stonestreet
Bill Moore
Mick Strine
Donald Z. Koons
Board of Education
John E
Jack) Tritt
John L. Thompson
Gordon
Anne M. Kelley
Slide Show Scheduled in New Market Nov 28
New Market to host a slide show titled New Market Days at the Fire Hall on Wednesday November 28 at 8 p.m. The event draws visitors from Washington Baltimore area and Frederick County. Mayor Franklin Shaw invites craftspeople who exhibited before to participate. Gingerbread and apple cider will be served.
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New Market Fire Hall
Washington
Baltimore
Frederick County
Franklin Shaw
Christmas trees to cost more this year
The National Christmas Tree Association reports live trees will rise about 5 to 7 percent from last year due to higher transport and handling costs. Top quality trees should run 2.50 to 3.50 per foot, with more trees available at higher price points. Unlike last year’s shortages, the 1979 supply is expected adequate to meet demand, with about 30 million live trees predicted to be sold.
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Associated Press
National Christmas Tree Association
Association
Donald Lb. McNeil
McNeil
Growers Association
Disaster aid deadline extended for Tropical Storm David
The deadline for victims to apply for federal disaster assistance was moved to December 20 for loans to repair property damage from David. The government aid deadline for economic damage to business remains June 16, 1980. In Belfast, 21 bombs exploded in a coordinated IRA blitz, with several wounds reported.
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Annapolis
David
Harry Hughe
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Controversy Over RICA II Facility in Gaithersburg
Frederick Montgomery county officials and the Juvenile Court Committee voice grave concern that the Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents RICA II may shift from its original aim of treating deeply troubled youths to housing mildly troubled children. They warn funding and staffing may be inadequate if the state runs the 7 million dollar 80 bed facility delaying opening beyond 1980 and threatening local programs. The group urges close monitoring and council supervision while state planners seek a dual Montgomery Frederick advisory panel to address fears of competition with existing programs and loss of group homes.
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Rockville
Frederick
Montgomery Counties
Montgomery County
Montgomery County Council
Regional Institute For Children and Adolescents
Rica IL
Gaithersburg
Robert Callaway
Callaway
Maryland
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
County Board of Education
J. Edward Andrews Jr
Harry P. Hughes
Montgomery - Frederick
Charles Short
Short
Bienen
Bienan
Rica I
Rica
Chambers of Commerce
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MontCo
Sonja Boin
Upper Montgomery
TBS
New Market
IRA Blitz
Bucks County
Jacques Dé Loux
Robert E. Dailey
Robert E. Dailey & Son
Funeral Homes
North Market Street
East Main Street
Thurmont
Lawrence E. Ricketts
Montgomery
Sanford Bienen
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Ricah
the News
Virginia-At-Ease
Barbizon
Santa
Hampshire
Zenith
Paul Heffner & Son
N. Market ST
Armstrong
Arm Strong
Sant
Bere
Pric
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