In a 3-2 vote, the Queen Anne’s County Public Schools Board of Education voted to uphold the superintendent’s recommendation and deny application for what would have been the first classical charter school in Queen Anne’s County Sept. 10. The Bay Times and Record Observer reports presenting a final report and an overview of the Queen Anne’s County Public Schools Charter School Application Review Committee process, charter school liaison and Supervisor of Instruction Micheal Bell said the committee recommended denial of the Queen Anne’s County Classical Charter School application Sept. 3, “due to significant and substantiated deficiencies in academic planning, operational capacity, and demonstrated need.”