ROCKVILLE – An external investigation of high schools after the 2018 Damascus High School “brooming” incident shows a positive culture around sports and afterschool activities. Montgomery County Publi…
Questions arise after MCPS spends $415,000 on single-use water bottles
ROCKVILLE – Despite its emphasis on sustainability and recycling, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) spent $415,000 on single-use water bottles during the 2018-2019 school year. The district purc…
MCPS BOE receives update on student academic performance, resource equity
ROCKVILLE – Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) reviewed recent data on student academic performance and a study about the resources its schools use to understand where they can make improvements …
County’s Teacher of the Year up for the state’s award
ROCKVILLE – Maryland State Department of Education named Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) 2019 Teacher of the Year a finalist for the state’s Teacher of the Year award. MCPS staff wrote in a n…
County students walk out of school for climate strike protest
SILVER SPRING – One hundred fifty Northwood and Montgomery Blair High School students walked out of their classes and marched down busy Colesville Road on Sept. 20, carrying signs and chanting, “Whose…
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As MCPS looks to improve supervision standards, student-athlete passes out alone at practice
GAITHERSBURG – On Sept. 10, as Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) continues to make changes to its Athlete Supervision Action Plan, a Gaithersburg High School student and football player passed o…
FutureFest showcases science to county’s youth
SILVER SPRING – Hundreds of young people created robots, learned about pollution, built wooden cars and made 3D models during a daylong FutureFest at the Silver Spring Civic Building on Sept. 15. The …
MCPS votes to increase high school student access to IB and career training programs
MONTGOMERY VILLAGE – Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) staff shared details about new models for special academic programs at the high school level, along with plans for changes in the way they …
Local student works with county to end vaping at schools
ROCKVILLE – During the Aug. 29 Montgomery County School Board business meeting, Chief Academic Officer Maria Navarro answered a question about the district’s concerted effort to better educate both st…
