School Board briefs

May 18, 2005|by KAREN HANNA

Lynch named director of human resources

Washington County Public Schools has a new executive director of human resources.

The Board of Education voted Tuesday night to hire Edward W. Lynch as executive director of human resources.

Linda Barkdoll has served as interim director of human resources for most of the year, said Carol Mowen, the system's public information officer.

Lynch will begin June 1, he said. He most recently served as chief operations officer/director of human resources for the Ballenger Group in Frederick, Md.

Three are named World Class Students

Elizabeth Kramer, a seventh-grader at Northern Middle School; Laurel Kags, an eighth-grader at Springfield Middle School; and Anna Baldasarre, a seventh-grader at Smithsburg Middle School, were recognized Tuesday by the Washington County Board of Education as World Class Students.

Elizabeth and Laurel took first-place honors in the State of Maryland International Reading Association Council Writing Contest, while Anna earned second-place recognition.

The girls all have won previous writing awards, said Peggy Pugh, supervisor of secondary English, language arts and reading.

Board watches video produced by seniors

Several Washington County Technical High School students took the spotlight Tuesday as audience members at the Board of Education's regular session watched "Outside the Inside: The Camp Ritchie Story."

The short video, which was produced by Rossana Larrick's AP American history class as part of the Western Maryland History Day competition, documents the experiences of Phillip Glaessner, a Jewish refugee from Germany who served as a U.S. military interrogator during World War II.

High school seniors Christina Carpenter, David Cross, Caleb Graybill, Jacob Lynn and Alex McIntosh were recognized as World Class Students.

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