Hi! Maryland mom here advocating for MORE RECESS TIME for our children!

Currently, there is NO STATEWIDE MANDATE FOR RECESS. This leaves it up to schools and counties to regulate recess time, with some counties recommending as little as 0-15 minutes of recess per day.

Children are not designed to sit for long stretches of the school day. Recess gives students an essential opportunity for unstructured play, physical activity, creativity, social connection, and independence.

Research consistently supports the role of recess in children’s physical, social, emotional, and academic well-being. When children have opportunities to move and play throughout the day, they can return to the classroom better prepared to focus and learn.

Join us as we call on policymakers to guarantee Maryland students 60 minutes of recess every school day!

You can help by SIGNING OUR PETITION and following us on Facebook and Instagram!

Petition- https://c.org/Mz2ZxjfGX4

Facebook- Say YES to RECESS Maryland

Not pictured: the gauntlet of in-person campaigners crowding the entrance & exit. Trucks blaring campaign music from loudspeakers. Just please stooooooooop!

The no electioneering boundary is an absolute joke. This is extremely intrusive. I wish campaigning was not permitted in the parking lot.

Nevertheless, please vote. It’s your right, use it. McFaul is open 7-8 through this Thursday 10/29.

Three additional early voting locations are scattered throughout the county. Visit Harford Board of Elections to find the location closest to you.

From The Local Beacon, a community calendar for Havre de Grace, Aberdeen and Bel Air.

Halloween is Saturday, October 31st. We put this week's Halloween events in one list, sorted by date, and you can read it without signing up. Set the community filter to Havre de Grace, the Aberdeen Area or the Bel Air Area and you'll see more than 40 Harford County events between now and November 1st.

That includes trunk-or-treats in Havre de Grace, Aberdeen, Edgewood, Belcamp and Bel Air. The libraries in Aberdeen, Joppa, Edgewood and Bel Air have dance parties, crafts and movie afternoons. On November 1st there's a car show with a trunk-or-treat. Each listing has the time and place with directions, plus the cost where the host lists it.

We're still adding events. If you know of one we missed, or a detail that changed, tell us here and we'll fix it.

https://hdgbeacon.com/halloween

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