Meade Heights Elementary

It is my pleasure to inform you that Anne Arundel County Department of Recreation & Parks has received permission from Anne Arundel County Public Schools to provide an afterschool child care program at Meade Heights Elementary School for the coming school year. Over the coming months, we will be working to obtain the necessary budget approval, staff and license in order to open for the start of next school year. 

The program details are as follows:

• Hours: 

  • From the end of the school day-6:00pm, every day that school is in session for students

• Monthly Fee: 

  • $365.00/month per child ($350.00/month per sibling of a registered child) x 10 monthly payments (Childcare vouchers are accepted)

• Space Reservation Process: 

  • Maryland State regulations prohibit us from officially registering your child until the license is received from MSDE-OCC. However, families CAN reserve a space via our waitlist process while we await the license. 

  • Instructions to reserve a space:

    • The waitlist for space reservations will open online on May 22, 2026 at 8:00am. Before May 22nd, you may create an Account to save time on the computer Friday morning. To do so:

      • Click on Create an Account (or go to: https://aacoprod.aacounty.org/ChildCare/CreateAccount) to create the primary account holder.

      • After you have created the primary account holder, you must then add your child(ren) to the account by selecting the "Manage Account" tab, and then selecting the "Manage Family" tab. 

      • The primary account must be completed by an adult over the age of 18. 

      • An email address is required to create an account online. Make sure it is an email address you check regularly as this will be our primary means of communicating information.

    • After creating your account, open your account on/after May 22, 2026 at 8:00am and select the following to reserve a waitlist space:

      • Center Name: Meade Heights Elementary

      • Session Name: 2026-2027 School Year PM

    • When the license is received, we will officially offer registration spaces in order of the waitlist for any and all available spaces. 

    • While you await word regarding your space, please work to obtain the MSDE Required Forms for Admission. The Health Inventory requires a physician's signature. No child is permitted to attend next school year without this information on file.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we continue to work through the licensing and staffing process. We will provide more information as soon as it is available. If you have any general questions regarding our programs, please go to our website at: Rec & Parks Child Care, or contact us via sacc@aacounty.org, or at 410-222-7856, ext. 0. We look forward to caring for your family. 

Sara Hamdaoui, a junior at Crofton High School, has been elected by members of the Chesapeake Regional Association of Student Councils (CRASC) to be the 2026-2027 student member of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education (SMOB). The results were announced today on CRASC’s Instagram page, @CRASC_Online.
For more details, go to the AACPS News Release page at https://www.aacps.org/article/2838029.

The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County is set to vote on revisions to its grading policy that would allow the school district to provide class rank to certain high school students at its next meeting, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 22, 2026.

At the meeting, the Board will also:

• receive the recommendation of the Calendar Committee on the calendar for the 2027-28 school year. A Board vote on that calendar is scheduled for the Board’s May 6, 2026, meeting. The Board approved the 2026-27 school year calendar earlier this year.
• get a summary of education-related legislation considered during the recently concluded Maryland General Assembly session and the impact of that legislation on the school district.
• recognize 2026 National Merit Scholarship finalists.

For more details on the meeting, go to the AACPS News Release page at https://www.aacps.org/article/2826901.

The Board of Education is accepting public comment on the following policies through April 18, 2026:

Policy JECB - Storage and Use of Naloxone or Other Overdose-Reversing Medication

JV - Personal Care and Toileting (New policy)

Information about the policies can be found at https://www.aacps.org/page/board-policies by scrolling to the bottom of the page. Comments should be emailed to policycomments@aacps.org.