Crofton Meadows hopes to continue Blue Ribbon success

Principal Derek Burns traveled to Baltimore last week to accept Crofton Meadows Elementary's Maryland Blue Ribbon School of Excellence award and made it back in time to direct traffic out of the school's parking lot. The first-year principal scarcely paused long enough to gauge responses from students, parents and staff, whose efforts made it Anne Arundel County's 15th state Blue Ribbon school.

By Joe Burris, The Baltimore Sun

January 19, 2012