The week began with news of a Grammy nominee and ended with the disparity in proposed school budget cuts.
Monday, it was revealed that one of Greenbelt’s very own, , took a flight to Los Angeles to attend the 53rd Grammy ceremony in hopes of bringing home a trophy. McKinney is a music producer and is nominated through one of his artists. This is his second nomination and second time handing out the first Grammys of the night, which are technical Grammys. The ceremony airs Monday night at 8 p.m. on CBS.
Tuesday, Pepco got a firm from the Prince George’s County Council when the council slammed executives for not getting it right in the past instances of losing power during snowstorms, but Pepco refused to freeze rates, as was the council’s suggestion.
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Wednesday, one of Greenbelt’s Mom Council members, Amy Headley, shared some ; it turns out quite a few of them offer thrift stores that can help the whole family save money on various items. Also on Wednesday, our first Whiz Kid, , was featured. Willson is only 11 years old, but she has already helped begin a writers group at school and her has been published in a book, and just this past week, she won the science fair.
The Prince George’s County School budget cuts have been an issue all week, with several updates of … no new news. Wednesday, Superintendent William Hite said and revealed that 4,000 fewer students attend the school system since 2008. Then on Friday, after another Board of Education meeting, there were still questions surrounding what programs were going to be cut. signed up to speak to the board in defense of programs on the chopping block, but nothing has been settled yet.
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There was some good news coming out of the schools when Maryland was recognized as having the testing for the third year in a row. The State Superintendent Nancy S. Grasmick visited Eleanor Roosevelt High School to especially congratulate its AP students as Roosevelt turned out the highest rate of success among black AP students in biology.
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