Talbot County Public Schools, Maryland

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Taxes	N
Budget	P
Meetings	Y
Elected Officials	P
Administrative Officials	N
Contracts	P
Audits	Y
Public records	N
Academics	Y
Background checks	N
Transparency grading process

1 Website evaluation
- 1.1 The good
- 1.2 The bad
2 Board of education
- 2.1 Teacher contracts
3 School budget
4 Academic performance
- 4.1 HSA performance
- 4.2 MSA performance
5 Unions
6 School choice
7 External links
8 References

Talbot County is a school district in Maryland.

[edit] Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of Maryland school district websites

[edit] The good

Teacher contracts are available.^[1]
Audit information is posted.^[2]
Academic performance information is provided via a link to the 2009 Maryland Report Card.^[3]

[edit] The bad

Administrative staff contact information is not available.
Board of Education members addresses are posted; individual contact information is not available.^[4]
Proposed 2010-2011 budget updates are available, but the proposed and current budget documents are not posted.^[5]
Vendor information is not posted.
Information is not provided on accessing public records.
Information is not provided on background checks.

[edit] Board of education

Member
Sandra E. Kleppinger, President
Gloria Y. Farrare, Vice President
Dr. Norman Bowie
Robert F. Burris
Monica D. Heinsohn
Juanita Hopkins, Esq.
Donna M. Matthews, Esq.
Carly S. VanLowe, Student Member

[edit] Teacher contracts

An agreement exists between the Board of Education of Talbot County and the Talbot County Education Association for 2009-2013.^[6]

[edit] School budget

[edit] Academic performance

Maryland measures academic progress each year by administering the Maryland School Assessment, the Alternate Maryland School Assessment (for students with disabilities), and the Maryland High School Assessments.^[7]

[edit] HSA performance

The chart below details the percentage passing the following subjects:^[8]

Grade	Overall	Algebra	Biology	English	Government
Grade 12	99.7%	89.9%	86.2%	83.6%	87.5%
Grade 11	93.4%	95.3%	90.6%	85.4%	85.7%
Grade 10	100%	94%	86.7%	84.6%	100%

[edit] MSA performance

The chart below details the percentage passing the following subjects:^[8]

Grade	Math	Reading	Science
Grade 8	71%	81.3%	68.2%
Grade 7	67.6%	82.5%	-
Grade 6	74.1%	83.2%	-
Grade 5	76.5%	86.2%	67.8%
Grade 4	92.9%	91.5%	-
Grade 3	84.3%	88.7%	-

[edit] Unions

[edit] School choice

All schools associated with Talbot County Public Schools are "non-charter schools."^[9]

[edit] External links

Talbot County Public Schools, Maryland

[edit] References

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