County Education Association

The Carroll County Education Association last week responded in a nine-page review to contract language changes proposed by the Board of Education.The board will respond to the association's review at the next negotiating session, 4:30 p.m. Jan. 2, Room 271 of the Board of Education office.Harold Fox, chief negotiator for the CCEA that represents about 1,300 Carroll teachers, said the association has turned over the board's insurance proposal to its specialists for review.However, Fox said CCEA plans to unveil its own insurance proposal.

BELTRAM NAMED TO NATIONAL COMMITTEECounty Council member Angela Beltram, D-2d, was named last month to the Environment, Energy and Land Use Steering Committee of the National Association of Counties (NACo), the organization that represents the interests of county government at the national level.The NACos steering committees form the organization's policy-making arm and determine its positions on critical issues.NEW SLATE REPRESENTS COUNTY SCHOOL BOARDThe county school board will be represented by a four-member team led by Robert S. Lazarewicz, director of operations, in contract talks with educational support personnel this year.