Press Releases

 

*Our "Current News" section is comprised of our last four press releases.*

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Department of Public Relations and Communication

Issued: September 10th, 2015

 

It may seem to be a mystery as to why school systems decided to close 2 hours early yesterday, and for one county Tuesday as well. Maryland School Information reached out to these school systems for an explanation as to why they closed early, we only received an explanation from one of these counties. Baltimore City Public Schools Communications Director gave us this response;

 

"We make decisions about school closures after careful consideration of a number of factors. Yesterday’s heat, particularly after several days of hot weather with temperatures building in our schools, coupled with the lack of or inadequate air-conditioning in our schools, made conditions potentially unsafe for students, notably those who suffer with asthma or other health-related concerns."

 

We here at Maryland School Information were surprised at first by the decision but as we look at it now with an explanation, it makes sense to us, the safety of children is the most important. We would like to thank Baltimore City Public Schools Communications Department for the comment on the situation.

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Department of Geographic Boundaries and Personal Management

Issued: September 9th, 2015

 

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS! We are in desperate need on volunteers in Caroline, Carroll, and Cecil counties. If you are or know somebody who is interested in volunteering with us here at Maryland School Information, please feel free to email our Director of Public Relations at, mdidirectorofpr@outlook.com

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

Department of Finance

Issued: September 4th, 2015

 

Effective [Monday] November 2nd, 2015, Maryland School Information will offer a new system for individual employee payments. On our current system we only offer bi-weekly payment selections. Under our new way of payment, employees will have the option of choosing the best affordale to them. Our new system will offer the following payment plans; weekly payment offering, bi-weekly payment offering, and a monthly payment offering. (An example will be provided below.) This new system has been approved by the Maryland School Information Budget Board on our last August monthly meeting. We hope that this new system will provide a better system of payment fo our employees. We do expect most of our employees to select option 2, however we would like to have all options on the table for all of our employees. 

 

EXAMPLE:

Yearly Earning- $54,760

OPTION 1 (weekly)- $1,120 APPROX.

OPTION 2 (bi-weekly)- $2,240 APPROX.

OPTION 3 (monthly)- $8,960 APPROX. 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Department of Geographic Boundries and Personal Management

Issued: August 11th, 2015

 

Maryland School Information's Dept. of Geographic Boundaries and Personal Management has made major changes to district boundaries and staff codes, in response to employee requests.

 

New boundaries are as follows:

 

District 1- Allegany, Garrett, Washington (MOUNTAINS)

District 2- Carroll, Cecil, Frederick, Harford, NORTHERN Baltimore (NORTHERN)

District 3- Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot (EASTERN)

District 4- Anne Arundel, Baltimore City, Montgomery, Prince George, SOUTHERN Baltimore (CENTRAL)

District 5- Calvert, Charles, Saint Mary's (SOUHTERN)

District 6- Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester (BEACHES)

 

New staff codes are as follows:

 

Code Green- Opening on-time, staff arrives no later than 8:15 AM

Code Yellow- Opening 2, 2.5, 3 hours late, opening at 10, 10:30, or 11 AM. Staff reports no later than 10:30 AM or 10:45 AM. Directors and Support Staff only report. LL for certain districts.

Code Blue- Closing 1, 1.5, 2, 3 hours early. No employee is to stay after 2:30 PM, unless told otherwise. TELEWORK will be offered! Directors stay until 12:00 PM (NOON).

Code Gray- Closed for personal EXCPET directors. and the superintendent. All personal required to show are to arrive no later than 12:00 PM (NOON).

Code Red- Closed for ALL personal.* No employee reports. Directors are to finalize their reports by 10:00 PM.

 

*The Superintendent has the option to allow emergency personal, responsible for clean-up, to arrive for work. Must be announced 12 HOURS EARLY!*