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Charles school board explores name change for Indian Head Elementary
Indian Head Elementary School is now the second Charles public school currently under consideration for a name change. Earlier in the year, Superintendent Maria Navarro was tasked by the Charles County Board of Education to begin gauging community sentiment for renaming General Smallwood Middle School. Concerns were raised about Smallwood’s history as a slaveholder during the 1700s. So far, the community response has been split down the middle on the...
Charles commissioners hear case for Docket 90 amendments for St. Charles
While some controversy has cooled off about an amendment to Docket 90, which would move the proposed location of a new school, St. Charles residents continue to have problems with Lennar, a home construction company. Docket 90 governs the process for submitting and approving designs for villages and neighborhoods to be constructed in St. Charles, a network of sprawling residential communities in Charles County. Amendments to the plan, proposed in...
Volunteer Firefighter Jeff Garner Of La Plata Dies, 61: 'Invaluable Leader'
Flags across the county will be flown at half-mast to honor Jeff Garner, 61, a longtime member of the Charles County Volunteer Fire and EMS agency who spent nearly 40 decades as a popular civil servant in his hometown of La Plata. "Jeff dedicated his life to serving our town,...
Charles officials voice anger, concern over transit project cuts
On their annual transportation budget tour, state officials stopped by Charles County where they were grilled by local and state officials on the intense budget cuts recently announced to the Southern Maryland Rapid Transit project. Commissioner President Reuben B. Collins II (D) wasted no time after introductions at the Sept. 24 meeting with Maryland Department of Transportation addressing the elephant in the room, saying, “We can’t accept the proposed cuts to SMRT.” ...
St. Mary's commissioners, delegates meet with transportation officials
mreid@somdnews.com It’s been about a year since the St. Mary’s County commissioners last met with state transportation officials but the big question remained the same. Maryland Department of Transportation officials also visited Calvert and Charles counties as part of a statewide transportation tour to discuss the department’s Consolidated Transportation Program for fiscal years 2025 to 2030. ...
PWCS Celebrates the New Construction of Occoquan Elementary School
Local elected officials joined Prince William County School Board members and Superintendent of Schools Dr. LaTanya D. McDade in a ceremony to celebrate the new construction of Occoquan Elementary School. The first Net-Zero school in PWCS, Occoquan Elementary’s replacement school, is scheduled to open in the beginning of 2026 at the site of the existing school.
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