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Former board member urges continued support for Harford Glen environmental education program
Summary
A longtime local board member told the Feb. 5 budget input session that Harford Glen is an education asset established with conditions on its transfer and asked the board to sustain resources for the residential fifth‑grade program.
A former board member with 11 years of service asked the Harford County Board of Education on Feb. 5 to continue resourcing Harford Glen, the district's residential environmental‑education site.
The speaker summarized Harford Glen’s history: the property was transferred to the school system in 1948 with a stated condition that it be used for environmental education, was developed as a curriculum‑based program in the 1980s, and expanded to a residential facility with housing capacity of about 120 in 1997. The speaker said the site now serves nearly 3,000 fifth‑grade students annually and provides programs for students with special needs as well as high‑school biology and ecology classes.
“Please continue to demonstrate the board's ownership by sustaining resources,” the speaker said, urging the board to preserve Harford Glen’s role as an environmental classroom rather than repurposing it as a park or recreational facility.
Speakers and the budget presentation addressed capital and operating pressures; this testimony asked that Harford Glen be protected in forthcoming budget decisions.
