MCPS Closed for Spring Break
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) will be closed Monday, March 25 through Monday, April 1 for Spring Break. Schools will reopen Tuesday, April 2. FYI, parents and staff! Schools will… Read More
Education
10 Middle, High School Principals Appointed
10 middle and high school principals were appointed during a school board meeting Tuesday. The Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Board of Education voted to appoint the following principals: Ahmed… Read More
Dozens of Viers Mill Elementary Students Walk Out to Protest Loss of Title 1 Status
86 third, fourth and fifth graders at Viers Mill Elementary School missed watching the movie, Wonder, so they could march in the field behind their school and voice their displeasure… Read More
MCPS Revamping How it Addresses Hate-Bias Incidents
Board of Education members spent two hours Tuesday discussing how better to handle, and prevent, hate-bias incidents. So far this school year, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) received almost three… Read More
Montgomery College Professor Named Fulbright Scholar
A Montgomery College professor received a Fulbright-Hays award. Rebecca Portis, professor in the English and reading department, is the college’s 13th Fulbright scholar. Portis will travel to South Africa this… Read More
School District Changing Where Students with Autism Diagnosis are Enrolled
Five parents who urged members of the Board of Education (BOE) not to reduce its Darnestown Autism Learning Center learned Tuesday that Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) is changing the… Read More
Schools That Lost Title 1 Funds Told District is ‘Actively Looking Into It’
Families whose students attend one of the four schools that lost their Title 1 funding next year received a letter from Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Monday to “to assure… Read More
Universidad de Maryland Bajo la Lupa por Practicas de Fraternidades
El período previamente indefinido de no contacto con nuevos miembros y moratoria social terminó el viernes, para todos menos cinco capítulos de miembros del Consejo Interfraternidad (IFC) y la Asociación… Read More
McKnight Gets $1.3 Million in Separation Payment
Former Superintendent Dr. Monifa McKnight will get $1.3 million in a separation agreement. The Montgomery County Board of Education and McKnight mutually agreed to separate effective Feb. 2, which came… Read More
University of Maryland Lifts Restrictions for 32 of 37 Greek Chapters
The previously indefinite period of non-contact with new members and social moratorium ended today for all but five Interfraternity Council (IFC) and Panhellenic Association (PHA) member chapters at the University… Read More
High School Juniors Can Connect with Hundreds of Colleges at March 19-20 Fair
The annual Montgomery County National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) National College Fair will offer high school juniors the opportunity to connect with hundreds of colleges. The fair will… Read More
Former Officials to Elrich: Target MCPS Budget Funds to Improve Reading Skills
On Wednesday, officials who formerly served the county in various positions from Board of Education to County Council, sent an email to County Executive Marc Elrich. In the email they… Read More