Charles County Public Schools history

Ryann Tompkins, second place, seventh grade, Somers, “Anatomy Act of 1832;” and

Peter Luster, third place, seventh grade, St Mary’s Bryantown School, “The Compromise of 1877.”

Joseph Mehall and Kyle Stone, seventh grade, first place, Piccowaxen, “The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906;”

Michaela Raqueno, second place, seventh grade, Mattawoman, “The Prohibition Act of 1920;” and

Zahra Ramakdawala, third place, seventh grade, Henson, “The La Plata Tornado of 1926.”

Our story began in 1958 when the Charles County Community College was established as part of the continuing expansion of the community college in America.

The Orchard Farm School District is a public school district in St Charles County, Missouri that was formed on February 14, 1959.

Sion Bell, third place, seventh grade, Mattawoman Middle School, “Freedom Riders of 1961.”

Fallon Coles, seventh grade, Somers, “Freedom Summer: June of 1964,” award from the African American Heritage Society of Charles County;

The Friendly Hall Campus, which is now the La Plata Campus, was established in 1968.

On July 1, 2000, the college officially became the College of Southern Maryland (CSM), a regional college serving Calvert, Charles, and St Mary's counties.

Virginia R. McGraw is a retired Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) principal who also served as a teacher and vice principal during her 25-year career with CCPS. She was the 2009 CCPS Principal of the Year, and volunteers with Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church.

Lukas was first elected to the Board in 2010 and is serving in his third term.

He has lived in Charles County for 25 years with his wife, Kim, who is a teacher at the College of Southern Maryland and their son who is a 2016 CCPS graduate.

In April 2018, voters approved a no-tax-increase bond issue to expand two schools (ELC and OFMS), increase security, and update aging infrastructure.