Elkridge Today: September 22

Scattered showers are likely today, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). The high in Elkridge is 78 degrees, with a low of 68.

The Howard County Board of Education is meeting today at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. At the evening session, there will be a public hearing, work session and vote on the FY 2013 Capital Budget and FY 2014–2018 Capital Improvement Program. See the capital budget documents here. Some Elkridge highlights:

• New elementary school #41—to open in 2013 to relieve the northeast—is second on the list of priority funding areas.
• New middle school #20—to serve the northeast and southeast portions of the county near the Route 1 corridor—is twelfth on the list of priority funding areas.

Before the work session and vote, there will be a public hearing (i.e., you're invited to tell the board what you think!). Sign up to speak by calling the board's office at 410-313-7194 or show up for the hearing at 7:30 p.m. in the  with copies of what you have to say.

It’s World Car Free Day! One Washington, D.C., group has listed all the car-free happenings in the area. According to the World Car Free Day website, the event—now in its 11th year—is meant to promote “new ways of building and thinking [about] the urbanism of our cities, allowing streets to be a living space, rather than only a transit space" and get people thinking about sustainable transportation.