Tuscarora News

The Frederick County school board should alert all families of school children about the 1,500-ton per-day regional incinerator that the Frederick Board of County Commissioners has approved.

Where do the days go? It seems like school just started, but here it is October already, and time to start thinking about scheduling the semi-annual parent-teacher conferences.

Building a bridge out of pasta are Laura Hobbs, left, and Kelly Misner. They participated in a special engineering program sponsored by Johns Hopkins University at Tuscarora High School this summer.

Denise Flora is the new principal of the Heather Ridge School in Frederick. The school's former principal, Aaron Phillips [right], has moved to Tuscarora High as an assistant principal.

Frederick County has once again distinguished itself at the national level. Newsweek magazine recently released its list of the country's top 1,500 schools, based on the number of advanced placement and other similar rigorous tests.