Franklin Middle School

A Franklin Middle School teacher is scheduled to appear in court next month on charges that she had a five-month sexual relationship with one of her eighth-grade pupils, Baltimore County police said yesterday. The teacher, who taught Spanish at the Reisterstown school, was suspended with pay after the pupil's father notified police of the allegations in March. Neither school nor police officials told other parents about the investigation. Charles Herndon, a spokesman for Baltimore County schools, said yesterday that the principal at Franklin Middle, Lynn F. Wolf, didn't make an announcement when the allegations surfaced in March because the teacher was not immediately charged.

Regarding the Solo Cup factory zoning ("No 'courtesy' for Wegmans," May 27), why is no one talking about using the facility for a new middle school in the northwestern part of the county? Franklin Middle School has 1,292 students, Deer Park Middle has 1,235 students and Pikesville Middle has 1,017. These enrollment figures are higher than the other county middle schools and having over 1,200 students in a middle school is ludicrous. The best use of this property would be a new middle school so that student enrollment at the aforementioned middle schools could be reduced to reasonable levels.

Baltimore County police evacuated Franklin Middle School in Reisterstown yesterday afternoon after five vials of flammable substances were found in the locker of a 12-year-old pupil. Police said the seventh-grader told administrators that he was trying to sell the substances to other pupils as bomb-making ingredients. Sgt. Dean Brubaker of the arson and hazardous devices unit said a preliminary investigation showed that the materials were household chemicals that, if combined with "certain incendiary devices," could become explosive.

Jesse H. Elkins, a Franklin High School senior and avid skateboarder and rock climber, died Saturday at Maryland Shock Trauma Center after being injured in an automobile accident Friday evening in northern Baltimore County. The Reisterstown resident was 17. The accident occurred on Tufton Avenue in Glyndon, when the Jeep Cherokee that the teenager was driving left the road and struck a fence, his family said. Two passengers in the vehicle were uninjured, and the cause of the accident remains under investigation, a spokesman for the Baltimore County Police Department said yesterday.

Baltimore County police have charged a 12-year-old Franklin Middle School pupil with possession of an explosive/incendiary device after school officials found vials of household chemicals in his locker Tuesday. Cpl. Vickie Warehime, a police spokeswoman, said the seventh-grader was arrested on the felony charge late Tuesday. Police are withholding his name because he is charged as a juvenile. The chemicals are being analyzed, but the boy told police the vials contained a mixture of an anti-static spray and hydrogen peroxide, Warehime said.

A 15-year-old Baltimore girl was convicted yesterday of adult charges of attempted second-degree murder and carrying a deadly weapon in an attack in May on a teenage girl at a house in South Baltimore near Benjamin Franklin Middle School. Court documents said Keyona D. Dillon stabbed a girl, then 14, after saying, "Who wants to fight me?" Dillon is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 9 by Circuit Judge John C. Themelis.

Baltimore County residents who suffered property losses as result of the tornado that swept through Reisterstown last Thursday are eligible to apply for loans from the federal Small Business Association.SBA Administrator Susan Engeleiter said yesterday residents are eligible to borrow up to $100,000 to repair their primary home plus as much as $20,000 for lost or damaged personal property.Businesses may borrow as much as $500,000.Disaster loan funds can be used only to restore property affected by the tornado and the loan is limited to the amount not covered by insurance.

Regarding the Solo Cup factory zoning ("No 'courtesy' for Wegmans," May 27), why is no one talking about using the facility for a new middle school in the northwestern part of the county? Franklin Middle School has 1,292 students, Deer Park Middle has 1,235 students and Pikesville Middle has 1,017. These enrollment figures are higher than the other county middle schools and having over 1,200 students in a middle school is ludicrous. The best use of this property would be a new middle school so that student enrollment at the aforementioned middle schools could be reduced to reasonable levels.

In a visit to Franklin Middle School in Reisterstown, U.S. Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski called on the federal government yesterday to boost spending on special education to comply with funding levels authorized by Congress nearly 20 years ago. The Maryland Democrat's visit occurred with Congress scheduled to reauthorize the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act this year. The legislation, enacted in 1975, established a partnership among federal, state and local governments to guarantee a free and public education to all children with disabilities.

Carolyn Knox, 64, teacher, school system supervisorCarolyn Knox, a retired teacher and former supervisor for Baltimore public schools' office of English, died of cancer Dec. 10 at Northwest Hospital Center in Randallstown. The Bel Air resident was 64.Born Carolyn Weil in 1932, she was the only child of Herman Moritz Weil and Ruth Lewin Weil.A native of Baltimore, Mrs. Knox graduated from Forest Park High School in 1950. She earned a bachelor's degree in education from what is now Towson State University and a master's degree in education administration and supervision from Loyola College.

A 15-year-old Baltimore girl was convicted yesterday of adult charges of attempted second-degree murder and carrying a deadly weapon in an attack in May on a teenage girl at a house in South Baltimore near Benjamin Franklin Middle School. Court documents said Keyona D. Dillon stabbed a girl, then 14, after saying, "Who wants to fight me?" Dillon is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 9 by Circuit Judge John C. Themelis.

A Franklin Middle School teacher is scheduled to appear in court next month on charges that she had a five-month sexual relationship with one of her eighth-grade pupils, Baltimore County police said yesterday. The teacher, who taught Spanish at the Reisterstown school, was suspended with pay after the pupil's father notified police of the allegations in March. Neither school nor police officials told other parents about the investigation. Charles Herndon, a spokesman for Baltimore County schools, said yesterday that the principal at Franklin Middle, Lynn F. Wolf, didn't make an announcement when the allegations surfaced in March because the teacher was not immediately charged.

In a visit to Franklin Middle School in Reisterstown, U.S. Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski called on the federal government yesterday to boost spending on special education to comply with funding levels authorized by Congress nearly 20 years ago. The Maryland Democrat's visit occurred with Congress scheduled to reauthorize the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act this year. The legislation, enacted in 1975, established a partnership among federal, state and local governments to guarantee a free and public education to all children with disabilities.

Baltimore County police have charged a 12-year-old Franklin Middle School pupil with possession of an explosive/incendiary device after school officials found vials of household chemicals in his locker Tuesday. Cpl. Vickie Warehime, a police spokeswoman, said the seventh-grader was arrested on the felony charge late Tuesday. Police are withholding his name because he is charged as a juvenile. The chemicals are being analyzed, but the boy told police the vials contained a mixture of an anti-static spray and hydrogen peroxide, Warehime said.

Baltimore County police evacuated Franklin Middle School in Reisterstown yesterday afternoon after five vials of flammable substances were found in the locker of a 12-year-old pupil. Police said the seventh-grader told administrators that he was trying to sell the substances to other pupils as bomb-making ingredients. Sgt. Dean Brubaker of the arson and hazardous devices unit said a preliminary investigation showed that the materials were household chemicals that, if combined with "certain incendiary devices," could become explosive.

In Baltimore County400-pupil addition opens at Franklin Middle SchoolREISTERSTOWN -- Educators, parents, community leaders and county and state politicians joined yesterday to open a 400-pupil addition at Franklin Middle School.The 39,300-square-foot addition will serve as an annex for sixth-graders. It includes 17 classrooms, three science labs, an activity room, music lab, computer lab, art room with a kiln and three "team" rooms for parent conferences. It also has a satellite dining room for 150 students.

Services for Joseph C. Oursler Jr., assistant principal at the Franklin Middle School in Reisterstown, will be held at 10 a.m. today at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Sykesville.Mr. Oursler, who was 53 and lived in Eldersburg, died Saturday after an apparent heart attack in Pittsburgh, where he was attending a wedding.Before his three years as assistant principal at Franklin, he held the same post at the Hereford High School for about six years.He began his career in the Baltimore County school system in 1959 as a mathematics and science teacher at the Towsontown Junior High School and later headed science departments at the Cockeysville and Pine Grove middle schools and at the Old Court Junior High School.

Jesse H. Elkins, a Franklin High School senior and avid skateboarder and rock climber, died Saturday at Maryland Shock Trauma Center after being injured in an automobile accident Friday evening in northern Baltimore County. The Reisterstown resident was 17. The accident occurred on Tufton Avenue in Glyndon, when the Jeep Cherokee that the teenager was driving left the road and struck a fence, his family said. Two passengers in the vehicle were uninjured, and the cause of the accident remains under investigation, a spokesman for the Baltimore County Police Department said yesterday.

TOWSON -- The Baltimore County Commission for Women is seeking nominations for its 16th annual Woman of the Year award, given to a county resident who has made contributions in the community, workplace or school to further the interests of women and children.The commission is also seeking nominations for Young Woman of the Year, who must be 21 or younger, and a county government employee for Woman Employee of the Year. Information: 410-887-3448.Hebbville school plans reunion in Feb.RANDALLSTOWNRANDALLSTOWN -- All students of the former Hebbville Educational Center, a public school for dyslexics from 1969 to 1979, are invited to attend a reunion from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Feb. 22 at the school, 3313 Richwood Ave. in Randallstown.

Milford Mill Academy, which has struggled with instability and infighting since Principal P. Delores Mbah was removed from her post in May -- after an audit traced school money and equipment to her home -- is changing principals again.Vashti C. Goldstein, principal for the past year, will be replaced July 1 by Norman S. Smith Jr., principal of Overlea High School.School officials have not picked a new post for Goldstein. James F. Thanner, assistant principal at Catonsville High, will become Overlea's principal.