posted Sep 12, 2017, 10:11 AM by Alan Romack
Hi all,
September 12, at 6:30pm is our 1st PTSA meeting of the school year. Please find a copy of the agenda here: https://tinyurl.com/y7ogm6co
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posted Aug 26, 2017, 6:39 PM by Alan Romack
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Your PTSA has been working hard this summer to prepare for the upcoming school year. Please find attached to this announcement the Proposed budget for this school year. This is your opportunity to provide input into how the PTSA's, your, money is spent. The executive board will be considering this budget and any proposed changes at the Regular PTSA meeting on September 12th, 2017 and will be voting on a final version to forward to the entire PTSA to vote on during our General Meeting on October 10th. 2017. We could really use you support at this General Meeting in October, so come out and vote in our budget!!
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posted Jul 31, 2017, 9:38 AM by Alan Romack
Hello parents!
Hope
your summer has been excellent. Here at the PTSA we have been working
to get ready for the new school year and keeping an eye on
redistricting. The current published 2017 Feasibility plan shows moving
a whole bunch of kids around to try and solve the over crowding at the
northern high schools and to fill up the new elementary school. All of
the changes, once voted on by the BOE, will take effect in August of
2018.
The
Oakland Mills community is definitely affected, and in many ways. The
OMMS PTSA president, Alan Romack, has been attending the Redistricting
Meetings every Tuesday night and has been working with the OMCA
Educational committee to come up with alternatives to the current
feasibility plan that are less stressful the Oakland Mills community.
You have been calling and writing in and what a job you have done!!
Dr
Calvin Ball has heard our voices, and has agreed to host a round table
discussion with all the Oakland Mills PTA and PTSA Presidents and the
Office of School Planning on August 2nd. Your PTSA President needs to
hear from you, your concerns regarding the Redistricting plans, before
he goes into this meeting. Please email him, Alan Romack, at President@ommsptsa.org by 12pm on 8-2-17 so he can speak to your concerns. Area Attendance Committee Meetings will continue Tuesday Nights thru August 15 and then: Fall Regional Meetings
- Tuesday, Sept. 12, 7:30 p.m., Wilde Lake High School
- Wednesday, Sept. 13, 7:30 p.m., Howard High School
Superintendent’s Redistricting Recommendations
- Tuesday, Oct. 3, 7:30 p.m., Presentation to the Board of education of Attendance Area Adjustment Plan
Attendance Area Adjustment recommendations are made by the
Superintendent at a Board of Education meeting, taking into
consideration the input from the AAC and the public.
Board of Education Public Hearings and Work Sessions
- Thursday, Oct. 26, 7 p.m., Public Hearing I
- Wednesday, Nov. 1, 7:30 p.m., Work Session I
- Thursday, Nov. 2, 7:30 p.m., Work Session II
- Tuesday, Nov. 7, 7 p.m., Public Hearing II
- Thursday, Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m., Work Session III
- Tuesday, Nov. 14, 7:30 p.m., Work Session IV
Approval of Attendance Area Adjustment Plan
- Thursday, Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m., Approval
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posted Apr 20, 2017, 1:34 PM by Alan Romack
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When: April 26 to 28th
Where: Oakland Mills Middle School
9540Kilimanjaro Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Pre
order tickets will be on sale at lunch April 19-24.
Remaining tickets will be available at the door.
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posted Mar 12, 2017, 5:05 PM by Alan Romack
posted Mar 5, 2017, 12:36 PM by Alan Romack
House Bill 590 and Senate Bill 609,
would allow two parents to sit on the
Maryland State Board of Education! |
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Maryland PTA Members, Parents and Educational & Community Stakeholders we need you to put pressure on the MD House of Delegates: Ways and Means Committee: Bill 590 and the MD Senate: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee: Bill 609 to vote in favor of this new legislation. Both bills musf first be voted on next week in order to move forward to the Govenor's desk! MD House of Delegates: Ways and Means Committee: Bill 590 will be discussed and voted on next Tuesday (Feb 21st). MD Senate: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee: Bill 609 will be discussed and voted on next Wednesday (Feb 22nd). Stakeholders, we need you to do the following: - Step 1 - Click on the links below to review the contact information for members of the Ways and Means Committee and Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee
- Step 2 - Email and Call members of the Ways and Means Committee and Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee and ask them to vote in favor of House Bill 590 and Senate Bill 609
- Step 3 - Call and email the committee contacts
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Maryland PTA has the opportunity to recommend two parents to the Maryland State Board of Education via House 590 State Board of Education - Membership - Teachers and Parents and its cross-filed bill, Senate Bill 609. This legislation affords us a unique and unprecedented opportunity to sit at the helm of the most impactful decisions in public education for Maryland Public Schools. Maryland PTA needs you to make enthusiastic calls to members of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee to request a favorable report on these bills in the interest of parents, like yourself, who seek to improve education for their children who attend Maryland public schools who receive public funds. Let’s make sure that the Maryland State Board has adequate representation of parents and a voice at the state level who can support strong policies that put our children first. Embark with us on this journey to put two parents recommended by Maryland PTA to serve on the Board of Education for the State of Maryland. |
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posted Jan 29, 2017, 11:26 AM by Alan Romack
I’d like to remind you to attend the Maryland PTA Night in Annapolis reception for PTAmembers, legislators, education partners, businesses and stakeholders on Thursday, February 9 at the Maryland House Office Building on 6 Bladen Street in room 170 from 6:00PM to 8:00PM. The purpose of this annual affair is to informally chat with your state elected officials about issues of great importance to you in education. You are encouraged to bring your children and wear school/county, PTA or business paraphernalia. You may bring a friend, spouse, neighbor or even be a grandparent. Please feel free to communicate such information to your professional or personal networks or constituencies. You are welcome to place such information on your school or personal Facebook page, website, send out an email to interested parties and/or send out a twitter message. Maryland PTA Twitter is @Maryland PTA so tell people that you are coming and invite them as well. Among many bills, your state elected officials are making decisions on legislation such as Graduation Requirements in the Fine Arts Required Number of School Days Reporting Requirements on Transcripts and Diplomas Health and Safety of Sugar Intake at Schools Kindergarten Assessments and much more
You are welcome do a search on any legislation at the Maryland General Assembly (MGA) website at http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frm1st.aspx?tab=home . Soon, the Maryland PTA 2017 Legislative Agenda will be on our website so be sure to visit the legislative page of www.mdpta.org. You can also refer to the flyer which is attached and reminds attendees to bring their identification. LOGISTICS Attendees can park at the Gotts Court Parking Garage on 25 Calvert Street in Annapolis and walk through the black gates that are between the Comptroller’s office buildings. Parking should be $5.00 or less depending on the length of your stay. Upon exiting U.S. 50 East onto Rowe Blvd. it will eventually veer rightward as you approach about a block from the capitol steps. After turning right, be sure to make a left onto Calvert Street at the light so you can make a right into the parking garage. (If you don't turn left onto Calvert Street and maintain driving straight, you can still enter the parking garage from Rowe Blvd. and you will make a left to enter the garage.) Bladen Street and the House Office Building, where the reception will be located, is on the left side of road if lo oking straight ahead while driving down toward the capitol steps on Rowe Blvd. Don't miss out. Many legislators have already begun to RSVP. Please do the same to the Maryland PTA office at office@mdpta.org. Marla Posey-Moss
Vice President for Advocacy
Maryland PTA 5 Central Avenue Glen Burnie, MD 21061
"The great aim of education is not knowledge but action." ~Herbert Spencer
"Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all." ~Aristotle
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posted Dec 4, 2016, 11:27 AM by Alan Romack
During the 2016 legislative session, the Maryland General Assembly passed House Bill 1105 (“H.B. 1105”). This bill tasked the Maryland Office of the Public Access Ombudsman to investigate and issue a public report by January 1, 2017 concerning the Howard County Public School System pertaining to the handling of public records and Public Information Act requests during the period from July 1, 2012 through December 31, 2015. The Ombudsman is seeking comments on the Preliminary Findings as part of this report and believes that your members will have added value. Deadline for comments is December 5, Email your comments to HB1105Comment@oag.state.md.us. Use the subject “Re: HB 1105 Preliminary Findings”. For more information about the PIA and the Ombudsman office visit http://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/Pages/OpenGov/pia.aspx. Feel free to call Janice Clark at: 410.576.7033 if you have questions. From: Janice Clark Administrative Officer Office of the Attorney General Public Access Unit 7033 |
posted Sep 27, 2016, 9:36 AM by Alan Romack
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Please find the list of fall Board of Education Candidate Forums attached. The folks we elect to the Board directly influence what happens with our kids school environment. Please consider attending a forum and deciding who to vote for the BOE. |
posted Sep 8, 2016, 5:20 PM by Alan Romack
Good Morning, We are sending this notice to invite participation by your members and to ask for your help in circulating the following information among interested members of your community. The Office of Public Access Ombudsman was tasked by House Bill 1105, enacted during the 2016 legislative session, to investigate and report on Public Information Act compliance by the Howard County Public School System during the period from July 1, 2012 through December 31, 2015. As part of this project, members of the public who have knowledge or experience concerning the subject of this study are invited to submit their comments and supporting documentation, if any, to the Ombudsman. If you have any questions, please contact the Ombudsman, Lisa Kershner, at lkershner@oag.state.md.us or 410-576-7037. Attached you will find a copy of the official notice inviting public comment. Thank you for your help in this project. Lisa A. Kershner
Public Access Ombudsman
200 St. Paul Place
Baltimore, MD. 21202
Phone: 410-576-7037
Email: lkershner@oag.state.md.us Sarah Wicks Legal Intern – Public Access Division Office of the Attorney General 200 Saint Paul Street, 25th floor | Baltimore, Maryland 21202 | www.oag.state.md.us p: 410-576-7049 ext. 7049| swicks@oag.state.md.us |
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MDPTA LEGISLATIVE NIGHT IN ANNAPOLIS FLYER.pdf
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