Folly Quarter Middle School
- Folly Quarter Middle School
Folly Quarter Middle School is located in Howard County, Maryland.
It opened in August 2003, ["An Ending... and a Beginning", "The Washington Post", 2003-08-28, p. T03.] with the first principal being Carl Perkins. [Daniels, Sarah. " [http://www.explorehoward.com/news/10945/after-17-years-perkins-makes-his-way-back-centennial/ After 17 years, Perkins makes his way back to Centennial] ", "Columbia Flier", 2008-08-21. Accessed on 2008-09-10.] In the 2003–04 school year, its full-time enrollment was 664 students. ["Comprehensive look at Howard County's public school system", "The Baltimore Sun", 2004-03-21, p. T37.] Author Wayne Thomas Batson, known for the fantasy novel "The Door Within", works as a sixth-grade reading teacher there. [Burris, Joe. "Crowning achievement: Teacher Wayne Batson turns classroom-tested tales of medieval fantasy into a novel, "The Door Within", "The Baltimore Sun", 2005-10-06, p. C1.]
The school was built as part of a $94.7-million effort of expanding schools to deal with rapid population growth in Howard County. [Carson, Larry. "School crowding raises dilemmas in Howard Co.", "The Baltimore Sun", 2004-04-06, p. B1.]
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* [http://www.howard.k12.md.us/fqms/ Folly Quarter Middle School] official site
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