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𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒-𝟐𝟓 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫
During the March 11, 2025, Board Meeting, the school calendar was updated to include an additional make-up day. Thursday, June 12, 2025, will now be a make-up day to accommodate the missed instructional time due to inclement weather.
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𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐂𝐏𝐒 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓-𝟐𝟔 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫
The Approved GCPS 2025-26 School Calendar is now available on the Public Relations page of our website. The approved calendar boasts a post-Labor Day start, with students returning to school on September 2, 2025, and school tentatively ending on June 5, 2026.
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𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭
Five sets of proposed curricula were presented for review at the March 11, 2025, Board of Education meeting. Feedback is crucial in shaping the future of our education system. Each set of materials is available for review and comment through April 3, 2025.
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𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟏𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 - 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠
The Garrett County Board of Education will hold a Special Budget Work Session and its monthly Board meeting on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in the cafeteria at Northern Middle School. The regular monthly meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m. Time is set aside during the public session for the hearing of constituents at approximately 7:00 p.m.
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𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟏𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 - 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧
The Garrett County Board of Education will hold a Special Budget Work Session and its monthly Board meeting on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in the cafeteria at Northern Middle School. The purpose of the Budget Work Session is to discuss the budget priorities for FY 2025-26.
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𝐆𝐚𝐂𝐨 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
Garrett County’s Public High Schools FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Team 1629, GaCo, competed at its first qualifier for the 2025 FRC season last weekend, March 7-9, at Chesapeake High School in Pasadena, Maryland.
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𝐆𝐂𝐏𝐒 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫
Garrett County Public Schools (GCPS) will administer a Behavioral Health Screener to all students, from Pre-K through 12th grades, starting this year as part of our approved Strategic Plan, which is aligned with the Blueprint from Maryland’s Future.
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𝐂𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟏𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
Dr. Brenda McCartney, Superintendent of Schools, has scheduled a “Coffee with the Superintendent” event on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at the Dennett Road Educational Complex in the Community Room, located at 770 Dennett Road, Oakland, MD 21550. The event will take place from 8:15 to 9:30 a.m.
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𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟏𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠
The Garrett County Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at Northern Middle School in the Cafeteria. The meeting is open to the public and will be live-streamed for public review.
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𝐆𝐂𝐏𝐒 𝐔𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞-𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝’𝐬 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞
GCPS is pleased to announce the completion of its comprehensive three-year strategic plan, developed in alignment with the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future. Covering the 2024-2025 through 2026-2027 school years, this strategic plan will serve as a roadmap to strengthen and enhance educational opportunities for all students.
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𝐆𝐂𝐏𝐒 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝟗𝟓% 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐀𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝
GCPS is proud to announce that it is among four school systems across Maryland to achieve an impressive 95% graduation rate for the 2023-2024 school year. The newly released data highlights an increase of 4.3 percentage points for GCPS and 1.8 percentage points in the state’s overall four-year graduation rate compared to the prior year.
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𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞
Superintendent McCartney has made the difficult decision not to make a recommendation at the March Board meeting regarding the Northern Area Proposal. Plans will not move forward with the relocation of Accident Elementary School or the move of eighth-grade students to Northern Garrett High School.
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𝐁𝐮𝐬 #𝟑𝟒 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭
Bus #34, serving Rt. 135 to Bloomington, was involved in an accident this afternoon. A vehicle hit two vehicles behind the bus, striking the bus which had students on it. No injuries were reported. Parents/Guardians of students on the bus have been contacted.
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𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 – 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
Garrett County Public Schools will open two (2) hours late on Friday, February 21, 2025.
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𝐆𝐂𝐏𝐒 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝟐/𝟐𝟎/𝟐𝟓
GCPS will operate normally today, Thursday, February 20, 2025, and will not use a virtual learning day.
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𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐚𝐲 – 𝟐/𝟐𝟎/𝟐𝟓
GCPS is preparing for the possibility of a Virtual Learning Day on Thursday, February 20, 2025. All necessary learning materials will be sent home with students today, Wednesday, February 19, 2025.
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𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 – 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟖, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
Garrett County Public Schools will open two (2) hours late on Tuesday, February 18, 2025.
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𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 – 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟕, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
GCPS will be closed on Monday, February 17, 2025. 12-month employees will not report to work as this was a scheduled holiday.
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𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 - 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞
Join our team as the Director of Finance! In this role, you will manage, plan, and direct all financial operations and services within the school system. Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to, overseeing all financial operations for the school system, including budgeting, strategic planning, forecasting, reporting, compliance, accounts payable, and payroll.
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𝐆𝐂𝐏𝐒 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬
GCPS will have an early dismissal for staff development on Friday, Feb 14th. Additionally, the school calendar has been updated to include make-up days for inclement weather and the last day for seniors.
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𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄: 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 – 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟑, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
The two-hour delay is canceled for today. Instead, GCPS will conduct a Virtual Learning Day (with live instruction) today, Thursday, February 13, 2025. Schools will be closed for in-person learning.
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𝐆𝐂𝐏𝐒 𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓-𝟐𝟔 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫
Garrett County Public Schools (GCPS) is collecting feedback on the proposed 2025-26 school year calendar. The feedback will be provided to the Garrett County Board of Education (GCBOE) members.
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𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 – 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
Garrett County Public Schools will conduct a Virtual Learning Day (with live instruction) tomorrow, February 12, 2025. Schools will be closed for in-person learning. If you need technical assistance from the IT department, please contact the helpdesk at 1.888.285.7254 or helpdesk@gcps.net.
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𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠
The Garrett County Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, at Dennett Road Educational Complex in the Community Room. The meeting is open to the public and will be live-streamed for public review.
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𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐚𝐲 – 𝟐/𝟏𝟐/𝟐𝟓
Garrett County Public Schools (GCPS) is preparing for the possibility of a Virtual Learning Day on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, due to the forecast and Winter Weather Advisories. All necessary learning materials will be sent home with students today, Tuesday, February 11, 2025. No decision has been made at this time.
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