Glen Burnie High

State Highway Administration engineers will discuss their decision to alter traffic patterns around Glen Burnie High School at a forum next Wednesday.The town meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Glen Burnie Improvement Association Hall. For several years, area residents have been seeking more comprehensive traffic safety near the 1,890-student school, and the state's agreement to go ahead with some changes is considered a victory for community activists.SHA plans to install a traffic light at the intersection of Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard and Glen Road.

Anne Arundel County police said Tuesday that no criminal charges will be filed against an officer who placed a camera in a boys' restroom at Glen Burnie High School. But the officer involved in the incident, who was not identified, remains on administrative leave. In a statement, police said they had conducted an investigation in conjunction with the Anne Arundel County state's attorney's office, and "based upon the evidence, no criminal laws have been violated, and therefore the officer involved in this incident will not be criminally charged.

THERE MAY BE a lockout in the National Basketball Association, but the court at Glen Burnie High School will be full of activity when a team of faculty members, students and parents takes on the Harlem Wizards basketball team at 7 p.m. Friday.The Wizards bring an unusual style of play, billed as "two hours of sheer pleasure and nonstop laughter" combining the skill of professional athletes and the showmanship of slapstick comedy.The event is sponsored by the school's Parent-Teacher-Student Organization.

A 15-year-old student at Glen Burnie High who police say went to the school Tuesday with a loaded .22-caliber handgun was arrested and charged as a juvenile with a weapons violation. Officials credited three staff members at the school with detaining the student and discovering the gun in a book bag. "I don't think it's possible to overstate the importance that an alert school secretary and two assistant principals — who didn't take simple answers that weren't adding up at face value — played in preventing what could have been a disastrous situation," said Bob Mosier, a spokesman for Anne Arundel public schools.

James Paul Hahn, a student at Glen Burnie High School who worked part time installing air-conditioning systems, died of undetermined causes Aug. 24 at his mother's home in Linthicum. He was 18. Born in Baltimore and raised in Glen Burnie, Mr. Hahn was an avid reader and enjoyed watching science fiction films. He also liked playing video games, listening to music and collecting movie posters. Mr. Hahn, who worked for Fetty Air Conditioning, was entering his junior year. He was a member of Bethel Baptist Church in Glen Burnie.

More than 100 dance students at Glen Burnie High School will take to the school stage at 7 p.m. today in a program that ranges nTCfrom ballet, tap and jazz to '50s and Caribbean dance styles.The dancers are under the direction of teacher Diane Rosso.Highlights will include solo performances by five of Rosso's senior students: Kristen King, Wendy Robinson, Amber Hughes, Brianne Burkhead and Christine DeGuzman.A group of school sports stars will perform two dances, "Cool" from "West Side Story" and a perennial audience favorite, Rosso's "Dances for the Athlete."

Glen Burnie High School's drama team will present "The Invisible Man" at 7 p.m. tomorrow and at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the Drama Studio of the Old Main Building of Glen Burnie High, 7550 Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd. The comedy-thriller by Eddie Cope involves six young female college students who are caretakers of an abandoned hotel over their winter break. The lead role of Linda will be played by senior Hana Lyn Colvin. Senior Patrick Gerard will perform the role of the invisible man. Ten other students are involved as production assistants and technical crewmembers.

Students wandering about Glen Burnie High School's campus dressed in their night clothes can only mean one thing: homecoming!The Student Government Association has planned a week of activities for students, faculty members, alumni and others beginning Monday, notes SGA sponsor and math teacher Kristi Giuliano.The fun begins Monday with "Pajama Day," when students are invited to roll out of bed, onto the bus and into the classroom. On Tuesday's "Twin Day," pairs of students will dress alike -- an effect that probably will be slightly diminished when the pairs are not in the same classroom.

RESPECT -- FOR ONE another and for oneself -- was the keynote when Glen Burnie High School students gathered for an overnight workshop last weekend in the school's cafeteria.Participating students from several school organizations initially spent time making friends, building trust and improving leadership techniques. Later they met in small and large groups to address goals for the school year.The lock-in was the idea of senior Mary Wijangco, president of the Student Government Association, the sponsoring group.

Glen Burnie Senior High's Winter Showcase of Dance will enjoy a decidedly masculine air at 7 p.m. tomorrow as members of the "Dance for the Athletes" class take to the stage in the school's auditorium, 7550 Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd. The athletes are one troupe in a program with 80 performers.In recent years Glen Burnie High's dance students have produced wonderful performances. Under the direction of instructor Diane Rosso, it has become the largest school dance program in the state.To attract more male students, Ms. Rosso added a class last fall targeted specifically to athletes.

An Anne Arundel County police officer has been placed on administrative leave after an investigation indicated he placed a camera in a boys bathroom at Glen Burnie High School, police said Thursday. A student found what appeared to be a camera about 10:20 a.m. Wednesday and told an assistant principal about it around noon, saying he felt uncomfortable using the restroom, officials said. The camera was turned over to police, who said their investigation revealed that a 14-year veteran of the department, most recently assigned to the Special Services Bureau, had installed the camera without police or school officials knowing.

Anne Arundel County Public School officials said on Thursday the county Department of Health has not recommended additional cleaning steps to be taken amid the Tuesday death of a Glen Burnie High School junior, who had become ill the day before with symptoms associated with bacterial meningitis. School officials on Wednesday said that a letter was sent home to students' parents outlining the girl's death and providing information about bacterial meningitis. "The county Department of Health has not recommended any additional cleaning procedures for us outside of our normal daily cleaning procedures," said Anne Arundel schools spokesman Bob Mosier.

A junior at Glen Burnie High School in Anne Arundel County died Tuesday after becoming ill the day before with symptoms associated with bacterial meningitis, school officials said Wednesday. A letter was sent home to students' parents Wednesday outlining the girl's death and providing facts about bacterial meningitis, which is less contagious than viral meningitis but still deadly, said Bob Mosier, a school system spokesman. The girl's illness has not been confirmed by doctors or a medical examiner to have been from meningitis, but the school system - in consultation with the county health department - decided to move proactively to alert the school community in case meningitis is confirmed, Mosier said.

A 15-year-old Glen Burnie boy was charged with intentionally setting a fire in a bathroom trash can at Glen Burnie High School on Tuesday, according to Anne Arundel County Police. Police responded to the school in the 7500 block of Baltimore Annapolis Boulevard about 9:35 a.m. after school officials found and extinguished a small fire in a men's bathroom at the school, police said. An investigation of the fire by arson investigators determined it was intentionally set, and resulted in the boy's being named a suspect and arrested, police said.

A Glen Burnie High School English teacher was arrested Thursday and charged with sexually abusing three female students over the past two years, Anne Arundel County police said. Jeffrey Robert Sears Jr., 29, of the 400 block of Luther Road in Glen Burnie, is facing more than a dozen criminal counts, including sexual abuse of a minor, sexual solicitation of a minor and assault. He was held Thursday in lieu of $3 million bail. The allegations involve three girls who were ages 15 and 16 at the time of the sexual activity that occurred between November 2009 and October of this year, police spokesman Justin Mulcahy said at a news conference held jointly by police and school officials.

As a ninth-grader, Michelle Blair of Crofton has plenty of time to figure out what career to pursue. Yet, while taking classes in Anne Arundel County's BioMedical Allied Health magnet program at Glen Burnie High School, she's already considering a possible career in medicine. And though she might not follow in the footsteps of her mother, Diane, who is a nurse, Michelle says, "I am hoping this program will help me narrow [my choices] down. It's given me the experience to see what I like and what I do not like.

DO YOU REMEMBER where you were when news of the Columbine High School shooting was broadcast? Steven Fendrich was volunteering just a few miles away, at his children's elementary school. Like many Americans, the Colorado resident felt a strong bond with the students and parents at Columbine and wanted to respond. So he wrote a play called "Yearbook." It will be presented at Glen Burnie High School at 7 p.m. tomorrow and 7: 30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. "In writing this play, I had a huge struggle," Fendrich is quoted as saying in a school announcement of the play.

The school year starts a little early for athletes at Glen Burnie High School. Fall sports practices begin Aug. 15.Practices for varsity and junior varsity football, boys and girls soccer, girls volleyball, cross country, golf and cheerleading are scheduled.Students must have a 2.0 grade point average to participate.Parental permission forms and medical evaluation forms can be obtained from the school office from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays.Each student athlete must get a physical before being allowed to practice.

The Anne Arundel County Board of Education has approved plans to redistrict students in two communities to different schools in the northern part of the county. Superintendent Kevin M. Maxwell had proposed three plans last year for the redistricting of schools in Glen Burnie and Severn to alleviate crowding and to plan for an influx of students because of planned development. The changes unanimously approved by the board will send about 70 students from the Fox Chase community in Glen Burnie who currently attend Rippling Woods Elementary School to Southgate Elementary, beginning in the 2011-2012 school year.

A student at Glen Burnie High School was stabbed in the head yesterday afternoon during a scuffle with two other students outside the school, officials said. The victim, a 17-year-old male sophomore whose name was not released, was stabbed in the head with a pair of scissors immediately after dismissal, said Bob Mosier, an Anne Arundel County schools spokesman. Anne Arundel County paramedics were called about 2:15 p.m. to the school in the 7500 block of Baltimore Annapolis Blvd., where the student was suffering from a wound to the head, said Battalion Chief Matthew Tobia, a Fire Department spokesman.