Silver Spring, MD|News|
School Super: Move High School Start Times Back by 50 Minutes
High school starting at 8:15 a.m.? It could happen, and the superintendent says it should.
Laura L Thornton, Patch Staff
Laura L Thornton, Patch Staff
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240-381-9407/laura.thornton[at]patch.com
This Massachusetts native developed her passion for community news when she moved to the Washington, DC, metropolitan area in 2004.
After dreaming about being a journalist for several years, she enrolled in journalism school at the University of Maryland, College Park, and received a master’s degree in online journalism in 2010.
She has freelanced for The Current Newspapers, a weekly community newspaper in Washington, DC, and has written for the Capital News Service, a news wire service run by the University of Maryland, as an environment reporter.
She also has a master’s degree in architectural history from the University of Virginia, and she received her bachelor’s degree in architecture and music from Wellesley College in 2001.
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Federal Government Shutdown Would Hurt Workers, Maryland Economy
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