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Your Thoughts on FCPS Budget

November 10, 2015November 9, 2015 GladeValley.net Staffbudget, Frederick County Public Schools, Twitter

FCPS invites the public and employees to share your concerns and priorities for the 2016-2017 school system budget. One of the ways we invite comment is through a Superintendent’s Twitter Chat Wednesday, November 11 7 PM-8 PM #FCPSPromise Please express your opinions. Here are some questions to get you thinking about budget priorities: Increasing class size: How has that affected students and classroom instruction this year? How do updating buildings affect student achievement? Is school technology up to par? Is technology in classrooms adequate? If not, what are we missing?…

Holiday Toy Shoppe

November 10, 2015November 8, 2015 GladeValley.net Stafffeatured, Glade Valley Community Services, Toy Shoppe

Glade Valley Community Services’ Holiday Toy Shoppe is gearing up again this year to help provide a wonderful Christmas to many less fortunate children in our community. Last year the Holiday Toy Shoppe provided new clothes, shoes, toys and books to 171 children and gift cards and books to 77 teens. This program is supported by the generosity of the churches, schools, businesses and individuals in our community. All the gifts the children and teens receive and the door prizes the parents receive are donated. The families do go through…

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Walkersville Coat Drive

November 10, 2015November 10, 2015 GladeValley.net Staffcoat drive, PTSA, Walkersville Middle School, Winter

2015 PTSA Spread the warmth to more than 200 Walkersville-area residents this winter! When: Monday, Nov. 2 – Tuesday, Nov. 24 During regular school hours, at Fall Fest (Nov. 12) and during conferences (Nov. 23 and 24) Where: Walkersville Middle School Lobby (Please place in labeled box) Accepting ALL types of clean, gently-used coats, from windbreakers to parkas, and ALL sizes, from infants to adults. Please check for working snaps and zippers. Our Goal is 200 Coats… EVERY COAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE! Sponsored by the WMS PTSA All donations distributed…

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Food Drive Organized by Glade Valley Boy Scouts

November 9, 2015November 8, 2015 GladeValley.net StaffBoy Scouts, featured, food bank, Glade Valley Community Services, Walkersville1 Comment

The Walkersville/Woodsboro/Mt. Pleasant area Boy Scout annual Scouting for Food drive is happening now! The scouts left empty food bags on front doors throughout the area on Saturday, November 7. Residents are urged to place the bags filled with non-perishable food outside their doors on Saturday, November 14, 2015 by 9:00 a.m. for pickup. As Glade Valley is a growing area, there are not enough Scouts to cover all neighborhoods. If the Scouts don’t leave bags in your neighborhood on November 7th, the Glade Valley Food Bank suggests filling a…

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Walkersville Community Mourns Loss and Prays

November 9, 2015November 9, 2015 Michael Kusteraccident, Christian Thomason, graduates, Jared Spangler, Tyler Holland, Walkersville, Walkersville High School

The Walkersville Community is reeling from a terrible accident yesterday afternoon. Walkersville High School graduates Christian Thomason and Tyler Holland were in the single vehicle accident along with Jared Spangler of Reisterstown. Mr. Thomason did not survive the accident. Maryland State Police report that he was driving the vehicle at the time of the accident. Tyler Holland, one of the two passengers flown to R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, is in the Intensive Care Unit at the Trauma Center. This evening, medical staff listed his condition as…