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Community headline 

Winterfest: Earth & Space Science Lab

Michael Kuster, ,

WINTERFEST at the FCPS Earth & Space Science Lab! Monday, January 26 10 AM- 3 PM. Doors open 9:30 AM microscopes animals telescopes planetarium shows: 10 AM: Zula Patrol: Down to Earth 11 AM: Astronaut 12 PM: Perfect Little Planet 1 PM: Enchanted Reef 2 PM: Bugs $3 per person covers entrance fee, 1 planetarium show and a tour of the night sky following the show. Tickets online https://education.fcps.org/essl/ for each show offered on the hour. Purchase in advance; unsold tickets will be available at the door. All proceeds go…

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Education headline 

School Calendar for 2015 – 2016 Approved

GladeValley.net Staff, ,

At its regular meeting this week, the Board of Education of Frederick County determined that the student start date for the 2015-2016 school year will be Monday, August 24, with teachers reporting August 18. The BOE built seven “snow days” into the calendar. If all are needed, the last day of school for students will be Monday, June 20, and for teachers Tuesday, June 21. The school year is shortened if fewer than seven snow days are needed. If more days are needed, FCPS will make them up in this…

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Education Government headline 

FCPS Budget Twitter Chat

Michael Kuster, , , ,

Frederick County Public School Superintendent, Dr. Alban, and staff will be answering questions about the school system’s budget and the future of our schools on Twitter tonight. From 7:00 until 8:00 p.m., you can tweet your questions using the #FCPSBudget.  The FCPS Twitter account, @FCPSMaryland, will be used to answer questions and ask questions of the public. If you do not have a Twitter account, you can still follow the conversation in two ways: Visit www.twubs.com/fcpsbudget and watch the Twitter Chat discussion in real time or review it later. See…

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Education headline 

How Schools Decide Weather Closings and Delays

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With the temperatures dropping dramatically over the past twenty-four hours and snow in the forecast, Frederick County Public Schools produced an informative video for all of us wondering how and why they make the decisions to close or delay schools. Many students will be hoping for this process to be used a lot over the next few months. Most of the rest of us hope just the opposite.

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