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Goldson kept as PGCPS CEO
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Monica Goldson will likely continue to lead Prince George’s County Public Schools.
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Data: Bowie 14-year-old is 165th pedestrian killed in Prince George’s since 2010
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A 14-year–old Bowie honors student, killed by a motorist June 15, is the 150th pedestrian to be killed by a motorist in Prince George’s County since 2010, according to a Route 1 Reporter database.
Education
Letter to the Editor: Physical education suffers as Prince George’s schools show age
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I have been a physical education and health teacher in Prince George’s County Public Schools for nine years. For the last five years, I have had the honor of being a physical education teacher. Our kids can’t wait for more funding. As a teacher, I want my students to have a healthy learning environment. I want to teach my students the importance of creating healthy habits while they are young.
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Hogan’s highway plans delayed for Prince George’s
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Maryland’s Board of Public Works voted two-to-one to advance a proposal to widen I-270 and I-495 with toll lanes. Now, state officials can begin to solicit bids to build the project. However, transit advocates and environmentalists won some concessions that will dramatically re-order the three-phase proposed project.
Education
Letter to the Editor: Classroom overcrowding a problem in PGCPS
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Due to the increasingly large classroom sizes at Prince George’s County Schools, I am unable to effectively provide quality education to my students.
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Prince George’s Purple Line has pedestrian problems
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In an April 29 meeting of the Purple Line Community Advisory Team (CAT), project officials explained construction progress to residents of Riverdale, Riverdale Park, Glenridge, and New Carrollton. Construction ramped up last year in these Prince George’s communities, where the County’s first light rail transit stops will be placed.
Brentwood
At majority-Hispanic elementary school, outrage over citizenship requirement for White House field trip
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Parents at a heavily-Hispanic elementary school in Mount Rainier are angry after a permission slip for a fourth-grade field trip to the White House required students to provide proof of citizenship if they wanted to attend.
Bicycling
Little Paint Branch Trail now connects to Beltsville & beyond
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You can now bike from downtown Washington, D.C., to Beltsville, Maryland, almost entirely on paved trails, courtesy of an effectively-complete, not officially-opened, extension of the Little Paint Branch Trail along Cherry Hill Road.
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Beltway widening may speed car trips, but at what cost?
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On the narrow question of does this project achieve it’s stated goals — shortening highway commute times — Maryland may have a success. But on the greater question of proactive, responsible planning according to objective public policy, this plan is highly suspect.
Infrastructure
Prince George’s officials push back on Hogan’s Beltway plans
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Prince George’s County officials had harsh words for Maryland transportation officials pushing plans to add new lanes to the Beltway. Members of the Prince George’s County Council were briefed on the proposal, dubbed the I-495-I-270 Managed Lanes Study, at a March 25 meeting. The proposal calls for the addition of variable-rate toll lanes to the Maryland portion of the Capital Beltway. During discussion of the proposal – heavily backed by Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration – District Three County Councilor Danielle Glaros said the project lacked broad buy-in from local communities. She contrasted the toll lane proposal with the efforts to build the Purple Line, a transportation infrastructure project more enthusiastically endorsed by the communities and local governments through which it wends.