Editing Allegany County, Maryland (section)

==Education==
[[File:Allegany Museum, Cumberland, Maryland, USA.jpg|thumb|Allegany Museum in Cumberland, Maryland]]
Public K–12 education in the county is handled by [[Allegany County Public Schools]] (ACPS). ACPS is governed by an elected, five-member Board of Education, plus an appointed superintendent. ACPS manages three high schools (grades 9–12), three middle schools (grades 6–8), 13 elementary schools (grades K–5), and one K–8 school, plus the Center for Career and Technical Education in [[Cresaptown, Maryland|Cresaptown]], and the Eckhart Alternative School in [[Eckhart Mines, Maryland|Eckhart Mines]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.acpsmd.org/site/default.aspx?DomainID=4|title=Allegany County Public Schools / Homepage|website=www.acpsmd.org|language=en|access-date=May 5, 2019}}</ref>

Allegany County is also home to three Christian [[parochial school]]s: [[Bishop Walsh School]] (Catholic) in Cumberland, Lighthouse Christian Academy (non-denominational) in Cumberland, and Calvary Christian Academy (non-denominational) in Cresaptown.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alleganycountychamber.com/community-info/education/private-schools/|title=Private Schools {{!}} Allegany County, Maryland Chamber of Commerce {{!}} AlleganyCountyChamber.com|language=en-US|access-date=May 5, 2019}}</ref>

Allegany County is home to [[Frostburg State University]], one of the eleven member universities of the [[University System of Maryland]], and the only public, four-year university in Maryland west of the [[Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area]]. The university, founded in 1898 as the Frostburg State Normal School, FSU, as the university is known to students and alumni, now offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and has a yearly enrollment consistently over 5,000 students.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.frostburg.edu/index.php|title=Frostburg State University|website=www.frostburg.edu|language=en|access-date=May 5, 2019}}</ref>

A junior college experience is available in Allegany County with the [[Allegany College of Maryland]], located in Cumberland. Allegany College provides more than 50 associate degree programs and more than 20 certificate programs, and has more than 3,500 enrollees and more than 16,000 registrants in its Continuing Education programs. ACM also operates a satellite campus in [[Everett, Pennsylvania]], about 30 miles north of Cumberland in [[Bedford County, Pennsylvania|Bedford County]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allegany.edu/|title=Home {{!}} Allegany College of Maryland|website=www.allegany.edu|access-date=May 5, 2019}}</ref>