Repository of Audio Clips from HCPSS Redistricting Special Needs Exemption Appeal Trial
A repository of audio clips from the HCPSS Redistricting Special Needs Exemption Appeal Trial in July 2020
HCPSS Redistricting Special Needs Exemption Appeal Trial – PART 5 – Witness Impeachment
Included below is Part 5 in a series of testimony given at one of the 2019 HCPSS school redistricting appeal trials held last week on July 15, 2020.
HCPSS Redistricting Special Needs Exemption Appeal Trial – PART 4 – Closing Remarks, “Abuse of Discretionary Powers”
Included below is Part 4 in a series of testimony given at one of the 2019 HCPSS school redistricting appeal trials held last week on July 15, 2020.
HCPSS Redistricting Special Needs Exemption Appeal Trial – PART 3 – Who Permitted the BOE Counsel to Access & Disclose Confidential Special Needs Plan Details?
Included below is Part 3 in a series of testimony given at one of the 2019 HCPSS school redistricting appeal trials held last week on July 15, 2020.
HCPSS Redistricting Special Needs Exemption Appeal Trial – PART 2 – Confidential IEP/504 Plan Details Shared in Decision Process
Included below is Part 2 in a series of testimony given at one of the 2019 HCPSS school redistricting appeal trials held last week on July 15, 2020.
HCPSS Special Needs Redistricting Exemption Appeal Trial – PART 1 – “Social Media is Fair Game” in Exemption Decisions
Included below is Part 1 in a series of testimony given at one of the 2019 HCPSS school redistricting appeal trials held last week on July 15, 2020.
Recap & Analysis of the HCPSS Fall 2020 School “Re-opening” Plan
On July 9, Superintendent Martirano proposed a hybrid education model for HCPSS students (2 days in person learning & 3 days virtual learning) beginning on Sepember 15 for PK-3 and active for all students by October 28.
Sweetheart Land Deals, Political Lobbyists, School Redistricting, and Board of Education Elections
Are these developers, land-use attorneys/lobbyists and partisan political public-affairs groups truly championing expanded affordable housing and socio-economic based redistricting out of the goodness of their hearts? Could the 3 P’s of Politics, Power and Profit be the true motivators driving their actions?
Updates on HCPSS Ethics Panel Disbanding & Selection Process
Why are the two Board members who have recently violated both the Open Meetings Act as well as the NSCA Code of Ethics serving on the applicant screening committee for this new Ethics Panel?
Concerning Developer Influences on Incumbent Board of Education Candidate Jen Mallo
HCPSS Board of Education (BOE) member and re-election candidate Jen Mallo held her re-election campaign kickoff event free-of-charge at a prime room in the Columbia headquarters building of The Howard Hughes Corporation (THHC) (one of Howard County’s largest developers).