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Monday, February 11, 2013

Week in State News: Reliving the Purple Glory, Going Hollywood, Panic Buttons in Schools?

Stories you may have missed across the state.

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  • Monday, February 11

  By Patch Staff Relive the Ravens Super Bowl Parade (VIDEO) There's only one place to see the parade as though you were there. Also, check out photos of the trophy and the purple sea of humanity here. Baltimore Native, UMD Grad Makes it to Hollywood for American Idol Kriss Mincey is a relative newcomer to the music scene. At Aberdeen High School, Mincey—who grew up in Baltimore, Richmond and points in between—took up dance and came out of her shell. She never returned to that shell. Now, Mincey, 22, is on the world's stage as a contestant on American Idol.  Accused Maryland School Shooter to be Charged as Adult Adult charges will stand against the student accused of opening fire inside Perry Hall High School on the first day of school, …

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Vitale Tackles 'Spice' with New Legislation (in Anne Arundel Patch), Delegate Reprimanded for Conflict of Interest (in Anne Arundel Patch), Police: North County High School Trespasser Made No Threats, Owned Guns Legally (in Anne Arundel Patch), and 27 more ›

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Councilman Rice: Number of Police Officers in Schools to Increase

Wednesday's community action forum on school safety draws crowd.

Dozens of concerned parents packed the Montgomery County Public Schools headquarters in Rockville Wednesday night to hear police, County Council members and school officials pledge efforts to make schools safer, including increasing police presence. County Councilman Craig Rice (D-Dist. 2) of Germantown, a vocal advocate of school resource officers stationed in schools, told the meeting, "We are going to double the number of school resource officers from 6 to 12." The school resource officer, or SRO, program historically has stationed police officers in schools as an added safety boost. In recent years budget cuts have limited the SRO program to one officer per police district, in addition to one Gaithersburg City SRO. Now county …

In this Article:

County Wants Police Officers Back in Schools (in Potomac Patch), Bradley Hills Elementary School (in Bethesda-Chevy Chase Patch), Parents at One Montgomery County Elementary School Push for Better Security (in Bethesda-Chevy Chase Patch), and 2 more ›

Patti

11:01 am on Saturday, January 19, 2013

There are 200+ public school in Montgomery County. How exactly is doubling the SROs from 6 to 12 going to make much difference?   more ›

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