Harford County Public Schools

BOARD OF EDUCATION OF HARFORD COUNTY
NOTICE OF BOARD SPECIAL SESSION

MONDAY, JULY 14, 2025

SPECIAL OPEN SESSION: 3:00 PM – 3:05 PM
This special open session will be conducted in a virtual fashion with only Board members and staff in attendance virtually. There is no public attendance due to the brief nature of this special session and the logistical issues regarding allowing public attendance in advance of the 3:05 pm closed session.

*The only item the Board will consider during this special open session is consideration of meeting in a closed session.

CLOSED SESSION: 3:05 PM – 4:00 PM

*The next regular Board meeting is set for Monday, July 21, 2025.

The following message was sent to all contacts on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. via email, phone call, text message, and app push alert.

Starting Monday, June 23, 2025, Harford County Public Schools will begin offering free meals for all children aged 2 to 18 at several sites throughout the county.

For most locations no registration or ID is required to get a meal, and meals are required to be eaten on site. At Dublin Elementary School, parents or guardians of pre-registered families can pick up seven-day meal kits that include seven breakfasts and seven lunches. Click here to pre-register.

Please note that locations are selected according to USDA eligibility requirements.

Here is a list of locations:
Aberdeen Public Library
Monday – Thursday
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
June 23 – August 21, 2025
Edgewood Public Library
Monday – Thursday
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
June 23 – August 21, 2025
Hall’s Cross Roads Elementary School
Monday – Thursday
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
June 23 – August 14, 2025
Havre de Grace Public Library
Monday – Thursday
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
June 23 – August 21, 2025
Phoenix Rising (Hess Enterprise)
15 Plaza Ct, Suite 15, Aberdeen, MD
Monday – Thursday
Breakfast: 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Lunch: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
June 30 – August 21, 2025
Joppa Public Library
Monday – Friday
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
June 23 – August 22, 2025
SuN Meals To-Go
Dublin Elementary School
*Pre-Registration Required
Wednesday
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
July 2 – August 20, 2025

If you have any questions about the program, or are looking for more information or assistance, please call the Harford County Public Schools Food and Nutrition Office at 410-638-4078.

The following message was sent to all contacts via email, phone call, text and app push alert on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, at 5:00 p.m.

Summer Break is upon us! Before students leave for the summer, we want to share that HCPS will use a new communications system, effective July 1, 2025, for:

Phone calls

Emails

Text messages

HCPS App

School websites

Here’s what you can do now to be ready!

Delete the existing HCPS app on your phone.

Delete school websites you’ve bookmarked.

Keep an eye out for our first message via the new system to set your preferences.

Click here to download the new app on your Android or Apple device. You’ll see it’s still a work in progress but will be fully live July 1.

Also on July 1, you will see your school’s new website. Bookmark the new site for easy access to important school information. You will find the links available on our website, hcps.org, on July 1.

Phone calls and emails will come from the same phone number and email address. Text messages will come from “98900” starting July 1. The first text you receive through this new system will include legal wording that may appear as spam. A screen shot of what this message will look like is attached to this email so you can rest assured it is a message from HCPS and not spam.

You will receive a phone call, email, and text message with our first communication in the new system. You will have the opportunity to opt out of any form of communication you do not wish to receive moving forward. Don’t forget- if you opt out, you won’t receive those “snow day” messages!

The following message will be sent to families and staff on Monday, June 16, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. via phone, email, text, and app push notification:

Home Access Center, or HAC, will not be available from July 8 through August 23, 2025, as we prepare information systems for the new school year.

If you need to access to information on HAC, such as report cards, please ensure you do so before July 8, 2025.

HCPS Seniors: if you have not already done so, submit your final transcript request to your school counselor by Wednesday, June 18 as access to Naviance will end on June 30, 2025.

The following communication was sent to all contacts on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. via email, phone call, text message, and push alert.

Harford County Public Schools kindergarten registration, and applications for kindergarten early entrance, and advanced placement to first grade for the 2025-2026 school year, will be available Friday, March 7, 2025.

Kindergarten registration can be completed online on March 7, 2025.

Applications for early entrance to kindergarten will be available to print online and submit a hard copy. To submit your application, follow the directions on the cover sheet of the printed application.

Applications for advanced placement to first grade will be available to print online and submit a hard copy. To submit your application, follow the directions on the cover sheet of the printed application.

*Printed applications will be available at each elementary school on March 7, 2025.*

Note: Prekindergarten applications will be available later this spring. Details will be released as soon as possible.

Due to state law, prekindergarten and kindergarten instruction are not permitted to be virtual. This means prekindergarten and kindergarten registration is not available at Swan Creek School.

Please share this information in your community as we try to ensure families who may not be connected to HCPS are aware that these important applications and registrations will be available March 7, 2025.

Additional registration information is available here.

The 2025-2026 Harford County Public Schools (HCPS) Color-Coded Calendar is available online.

You can view all available calendar information here.