Carroll County Public Schools is a
school district
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based in
Westminster, Maryland. CCPS is the ninth largest county in the state of Maryland. Nearly 25,000 students are enrolled in the county's public schools. The school system includes all of
Carroll County, Maryland
Carroll County is located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 172,891. Its county seat is Westminster.
Carroll County is included in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is ...
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Leadership
The schools are administered by
superintendent Mrs. Cynthia McCabe. McCabe was appointed to a four-year term as Superintendent of Carroll County Public Schools effective July 1, 2022.
In 2022, the school board announced in the April meeting that pride flags would be banned from being “flown, posted, or affixed to the grounds, walls, doors, ceilings or any other Board of Education property," after a donation of flags from the local chapter of
PFLAG
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were raised in classrooms. The school board has voted to develop a new policy on the use of political symbols, specifically flags, in school buildings, but the heated debate continues.
The Board of Education consists of five elected Board of Education members and one non-voting student member.
As of May 2022, the members are President Kenneth Kiler, Vice President Tara A. Battaglia, Marsha B. Herbert, Patricia S. Dorsey and Donna M. Sivigny. The current student representative is Devanshi Mistry.
Schools
Other schools
*Carroll County Career & Technology Center
*Carroll Springs School
Gateway School*Outdoor School
High schools
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Francis Scott Key High School
Francis Scott Key High School (FSK or simply "Key") is a four-year public high school in Union Bridge in Carroll County, Maryland, United States. The school is located near the west-central section of Carroll County.
About the school
Francis Sco ...
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Liberty High School
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South Carroll High School
South Carroll High School (SCHS) is a four-year public high school in Sykesville in Carroll County, Maryland, United States. The school is located near the southwest corner of Carroll County on Liberty Road between Maryland Route 27 and Maryla ...
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Century High School
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Westminster High School
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Winters Mill High School
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Manchester Valley High School
Middle schools
*East Middle School
*Mt. Airy Middle School
*North Carroll Middle School
*Northwest Middle School
*Oklahoma Road Middle School
*Shiloh Middle School
*Sykesville Middle School
*West Middle School
Elementary schools
*Carrolltowne Elementary School
*Cranberry Station Elementary School
*Ebb Valley Elementary School
*Eldersburg Elementary School
*Elmer A. Wolfe Elementary School
*Freedom District Elementary School
*Friendship Valley Elementary School
*Hampstead Elementary School
*Linton Springs Elementary School
*Manchester Elementary School
*Mechanicsville Elementary School
*Mt. Airy Elementary School
*Parr's Ridge Elementary School
*Piney Ridge Elementary School
*Robert Moton Elementary School
*Runnymede Elementary School
*Sandymount Elementary School
*Spring Garden Elementary School
*Taneytown Elementary School
*Westminster Elementary School
*William Winchester Elementary School
*Winfield Elementary School
References
External links
Carroll County Public Schools{{School Districts in the State of Maryland
School districts in Maryland
Westminster, Maryland
Education in Carroll County, Maryland