Monday, November 12, 2012
The county school board and former superintendent William Hite are named in the suit.
Prince George’s County Public Schools are facing a $100 million dollar class-action lawsuit in which a union alleges age and race discrimination by the Board of Education and the system’s former superintendent, William Hite, according to NBC4. NBC4 reports that the Association of Supervisory and Administrative School Personnel, a union representing some PGCPS employees, filed the action on Nov. 2 alleging that Hite fired or demoted 100 administrators and principals because of age or race. Hite, who is named in the suit along with the county school board, resigned from his post as superintendent of PGCPS earlier this year to head up the Philadelphia School District. PGCPS is currently being headed up by interim superintendent Alvin Crawley…
Monday, June 4, 2012
A new mobile phone app gives parents a new way to stay connected and informed.
Looking for a quick way to access your kid’s school lunch menu, athletic schedule, or top school news? There’s an app for that. Prince George’s County Public Schools has become one of the first in the district to release a free mobile application, available on iTunes, to help keep more informed and connected, they announced in a press release. “About 25 percent of our users visit the PGCPS website using a mobile phone or other device,” said Dr. William R. Hite, Superintendent of Schools in a press release. “This app will give them quicker access to our most popular feature. We believe this is a giant step forward in this digital age.” The app will also feature mobile-friendly school search tools and calendars to PGCPS photo and video …
Thursday, January 12, 2012
The proposed budget plan would give principals control of school budgets.
Principals at schools throughout Prince George’s County could soon be the administrators of multi-million dollar budgets if a plan to decentralize school funding is approved by the Board of Education. Superintendent William R. Hite has proposed the changes as part of the FY 2012-2013 school system budget. Hite and school officials have been holding community forums in schools throughout the county to promote the plan appearing at Laurel High School last night. The budget calls for as much as 50 percent of funding for individual schools to be allocated from the Central Office to principals at the county’s 180 schools. The budget also calls for $9 million for staff pay raises throughout the county. In all, the proposed budget is more than $1…
Thursday, October 28, 2010
At an Oct. 25 open forum on Prince George’s County schools, parents and school officials looked for ways to boost learning when classrooms are crowded and budgets are slim.
Overpopulated schools, inadequate special-needs services, and not enough advanced course offerings were among the criticisms that schools Superintendent William Hite Jr. heard from parents Monday evening, Oct. 25, during a Town Hall meeting on education. The meeting took place at Northwestern High School and drew approximately 70 attendees, including parents, some teachers, a few pupils, four Board of Education members, and Hyattsville Mayor William Gardiner. "We are the second largest school system in Maryland, and we have many urban issues. And before we submit our strategic plan, we want to talk about some of them today," said Hite. The strategic plan is an agenda of goals and initiatives that every county is required by state law to …
Friday, October 15, 2010
An Oct. 14 meeting of the Board of Education had parents and school board members expressing concerns over student performance and the state of Talented and Gifted programs.
Parents and school board officials' frustrations boiled over during a four-hour Oct. 14 Board of Education meeting. Schools Superintendent William Hite restated his goal to have every student in Prince George's County Public Schools career- and college-ready by 2017, but the attendees' consensus was that the school system has a long way to go. "We're spending so much money targeting here and there, and I'm trying to see what we're getting out of it. Where are the trends trending positive?" said board member Rosalind Johnson. Johnson's statement followed a PowerPoint presentation by Dwayne Arbogast, chief education officer, on student academic performance. Arbogast noted a slight dip in overall SAT scores: 22.7 percent of county students …
Kenneth Hull
8:55 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2013
This man has been on the job in Philly for a short period of time.He is terrible and trying to close neighborhood schools already.This is not what public education is about in large urban cities in the North.He does not talk about educating the kids or helping the teachers to teach in better conditions. He uses the poor environments in cities to enhance his reputation.Only concerned about himself… more ›