Education Glade Valley Government 

BoE and Teachers Sign Contract for Next Three Fiscal Years

Board of Education and Frederick County Teachers Association (FCTA) leaders signed a contract at yesterday evening’s Board meeting that takes effect July 1, 2017. The contract, which is a three-year agreement, implements the second of a four-year transition to a revised salary scale agreed upon last year, maintains insurance premium levels, and includes other updates and improvements for teachers. One goal of the revised teacher pay scale has been to raise salaries for starting teachers, making FCPS more competitive with neighboring districts and boosting the school system’s efforts to recruit…

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Glade Valley Government 

FCPS Seeks Buyers for Equipment

Leaving no cost-savings un-mined, Frederick County Public Schools’ warehouse staff continues to use GovDeals, an online auctioning service to auction surplus and obsolete equipment. A variety of items including exercise and food service equipment such as refrigerators and stoves, science lab cabinets, art tables, kilns and other items from the old Frederick High School, which is being demolished, are for sale. “In addition to raising funds for education, FCPS is heeding limited environmental resources. It is important that we practice what we teach and recycle equipment that someone can reuse.…

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