Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Public School parents and guardians snapped a lot of photos of their children stepping onto the school bus to begin a new school year Monday. Some of them also expressed frustration with school buses that didn’t arrive on time, were overcrowded or dropped their children off much later in the afternoon than expected. […]

Las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Montgomery (MCPS) comenzaron su nuevo año escolar 2021-2022 sin Oficiales de Recursos Escolares (SRO), por primera vez en 19 años. El vicepresidente del Concejo del Condado de Montgomery Gabe Albornoz dio su opinión al respecto: En la reunión de la Junta de Educación, la semana pasada, se anunció que […]

A social studies course on LGBTQ issues debuted Monday with the start of the new school year at Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS). 10 high schools, including Richard Montgomery, Winston Churchill and Albert Einstein, are offering this one semester course that is for a half credit. It is described in MCPS’ course curriculum as an […]

Monday was the first day of school for nearly 160,000 Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students. MCPS is beginning the new academic year with in-person instruction five-days-a-week after 18 months of virtual and phased in-person learning due to COVID-19. While students live through a pandemic, leaders want to make sure they are supporting their mental […]

Monday marked the first day of school for Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS). Nearly 160,000 students returned to classrooms, while about 3,000 remained on the virtual learning platform. MCPS officials say there are several precautions to ensure the safety of all students and staff amid the COVID-19 pandemic. At Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, […]

Montgomery County Public Schools opened without School Resource Officers (SROs) for the first time in 19 years. MyMCM spoke to Councilmember Will Jawando about what this means for students and families and what’s next. At last week’s Board of Education meeting, it was announced that instead of SROs, community engagement officers will be assigned to […]

Las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Montgomery le dieron la bienvenida a más de 160 mil estudiantes en las 209 escuelas del sistema escolar. MyMCM visitó la escuela intermedia Lakelands Park para dar un vistazo al primer día de clases presenciales después de un año y medio de educación virtual debido a la pandemia Covid-19. […]

Kirkland Shipley, a former social studies teacher and rowing coach at Walt Whitman High School, is charged with first and second degree child sexual abuse of a secondary school student, according to the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department. He currently is on paid administrative leave from Montgomery County Public Schools, according to an MCPS spokesperson. Principal […]

El Vicepresidente del Concejo del Condado de Montgomery Gabe Albornoz expresa gratitud y confianza frente al trabajo de los líderes de educación pública del condado, exhorta al uso de la mascarilla y a que todos los elegibles reciban la vacuna Covid-19, ahora que los alumnos regresan a la escuela.

School buses roll out of the Bethesda and Randolph Depots bright and early Monday.