ROCKVILLE – Changes to preparation for sports seasons now include anti-bullying and anti-hazing emphases, and coaches must follow a template in creating plans for supervision. During a Montgomery Coun…
MCPS Board of Education ready for new school year
ROCKVILLE – Vestibule construction, teacher hirings and additional portable classrooms are some of the topics that central office staff discussed during the Aug. 29 Board of Education meeting. The pur…
MCPS makes changes to requirements for substitute teachers
ROCKVILLE – The Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) staff is working on amending a regulation to lower the education requirements for substitute teachers so the district can better meet the demand…
MoCo Students for Change, Raskin discuss issues facing youth in county
ROCKVILLE – On the last day of school, about 50 politically progressive high school students gathered to elect officers and watch a documentary about themselves that is making the rounds on social med…
MCPS subpoenaed for more info on Damascus HS ‘brooming’ incident
ROCKVILLE – The Montgomery County Public Schools superintendent wrote a letter to Damascus High School families on April 14 informing them that the county state’s attorney’s office wanted student-athl…
Public schools will still get new bus cameras to protect kids
The former CEO of a company that supplied school-bus cameras to the County pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud last month, but that won’t stop school buses from being outfitted with cameras. …
“Disappointed”
Federation confronts school system over sex abuse cases
Montgomery County Public Schools officials are up in arms following a contentious meeting of the Montgomery County Civic Federation last month, …
Judge sets bond at $75k for MCPS security guard
Mark Yantsos. COURTESY PHOTO
Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Special Victims Investigations Division arrested a man Thursday who was a security officer for Montgomery County Public…
More Rockville Violence
Local lawyer claims school didn’t inform students and parents about fights
ROCKVILLE – Two recent altercations at Rockville High School, captured on video and then posted on Facebook have anger…
Parents and teachers express education concerns
GERMANTOWN – Teachers, parents of students and family members of teachers said at a budget meeting Feb. 15 they were concerned about items such as minimum wage, allocation of staffing, availability of…
