Common Core Meeting Next Week in Elkton

Cecil County officials will attend a town hall meeting next week to discuss new Common Core initiatives for Cecil County Public Schools.

The "Bipartisan Town Hall Meeting" will be held from 6:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 9 in the Elk Room at the Cecil County Administration Building. The building is located at 200 Chesapeake Blvd. in Elkton.

Cecil County Public Schools leadership will be on hand to answer questions from parents about the new curriculum for county students.

Free tickets are required for the event. They can be obtained by visiting cecilcommoncore.brownpapertickets.com.

More about the event can be found in the PDF file included with this article. Unable to view the file? Click here.

Public meetings have been held elsewhere in Maryland as the statewide curriculum standards are rolled out. One in the Baltimore area led to an arrest of one attendee. Charges against the man were dropped.

Following the arrest, though, state officials said they would not alter curriculum.

Baltimore County schools superintendent Dallas Dance released a video describing Common Core.