Tuesday, September 4, 2012
School Board candidate Ann De Lacy says the name-calling is more than uncivil. She says it’s dangerous. Her critics say she's running a divisive campaign.
Board of Education candidate Ann De Lacy says she has become “frightened” by the torrent of online criticism that has been lobbed her way as she wages a controversial campaign to get a seat on the school board in Howard County. She has been called 'volatile,’ 'arrogant' and 'ignorant' by her critics, words that have appeared on blogs and online forums across Howard County. “I’m a 62-year-old woman who served the community as a teacher. I’m a grandmother. I’m a volunteer in schools. So, it’s shocking to me to be called names in such a vociferous way,” said De Lacy, 62. “It’s totally uncivil. More than uncivil, dangerous.” In the 15-person primary in May, De Lacy, of Columbia, finished second with 28.6 percent of the vote. In the general…
Monday, February 6, 2012
School board candidate Corey Andrews asks public to move beyond name recognition.
Dear Editor, It is not hard to tell from previous Howard County Board of Education elections that incumbents have a significant advantage. The reason for this is often name recognition. The reason that voters can't vote on candidates based on their merit is because the media hasn't done adequate coverage of them. The two incumbents that were reelected in 2010 won by large margins. It could be argued that part of the reason for this was board member Frank Aquino's top position on the ballot and board member Sandra French's name recognition throughout the county. I ask this of voters and the media: Voters, get informed. Learn about the candidates. Watch the March 5 PTA candidates forum on the school system's television channel. Don't simply …
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Howard High School senior from Elkridge is running for the Board of Education.
Many high school students have their sights set on college. Corey Andrews has his eye on the school board. Andrews, 17, is a senior at Howard High School, and while he plans to attend Howard Community College next year, he’s also one of 15 people vying for a seat on the Howard County Board of Education in the upcoming election. Firsthand experience in the school system is part of what Andrews thinks strengthens him as a candidate, having attended Rockburn Elementary and Elkridge Landing Middle School before moving on to Howard. “I bring the student perspective,” said Andrews in a phone interview with Elkridge Patch. Last year, Andrews was on a committee that drafted the gang policy for the Howard County Public School System, he said, and …
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