5 Things to Know Today, April 21, In Montgomery County

It’s Wednesday, April 21, and here are five things to know for today in Montgomery County:

1. Weekly County COVID-19 Briefing: County Executive Marc Elrich, County Health Officer Dr. Travis Gayles and Emergency Management Director Dr. Earl Stoddard will hold their weekly media briefing at 12:30 p.m. You can watch live on MCM channels 21 and 995 (HD), County Cable Montgomery and on the county’s Facebook and YouTube channels.

2. School Graduation Guidance: The county council voted Tuesday to limit school graduation ceremonies to 50% of venue capacity for outdoor ceremonies, among other graduation guidance. Capacity is limited to 25% for indoor ceremonies or 250 people, whichever is fewer people.

MORE: No more than 10 people can be on-stage at one time and the ceremony can last 2 hours max (indoor+outdoor).

Schools that want an indoor graduation must get a letter of approval + have a plan outlining how the school would meet requirements in the new regulation. @mymcmedia

— Maryam Shahzad (@maryam_mcm) April 20, 2021

3. County COVID-19 Testing and Vaccine Clinics: Free COVID-19 testing is available throughout the county at nine testing sites today.

4. National Volunteer Week: The City of Rockville offers volunteer opportunities to residents, including opportunities that qualify for Student Service Learning credit hours.

This week is National Volunteer Week in Rockville. Wanna help out your hometown? Here's how … https://t.co/EyZw2CFMfd pic.twitter.com/IjzpoI6fpK

— City of Rockville (@Rockville411) April 19, 2021

5. Senior Planet Montgomery: Senior Planet Montgomery continues to offer free Zoom classes to senior residents. Today’s classes include “Hosting A Zoom Meeting” and “Crowdfunding for a Cause.”

And One More Thing:  Montgomery Community Media and the County Council discuss microaggressions in a special presentation titled #SeeMeMontgomery: Microaggressions. A microaggression is defined as: “A statement, action or incident regarded as an instance of indirect, subtle or unintentional.” Watch the conversation here:

And as a reminder to our loyal readers…Find the latest coronavirus news updates in Montgomery County here.

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About Maryam Shahzad

Maryam is a reporter with Montgomery Community Media. She graduated from the University of Maryland in 2019 with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism. Previously, she was an intern with MCM. She can be reached at mshahzad@mymcmedia.org or on Twitter @maryam_mcm.

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