Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Public Schools and all administrative offices are closed today due to emergency weather conditions, according to the MCPS website. All school and community activities in school buildings are canceled. That decision was posted at 4:25 a.m. MCPS was one of the last areas schools to make the decision to close today. When asked […]

UPDATED, March 5, 9 a.m. – Thursday’s forecasted storm has caused some cancellations and closures. The area is under a winter storm warning until 7 p.m. today, according to the National Weather Service. Snow and sleet is predicted to fall this morning becoming all snow after 7 a.m. Temperature falling to around 26 by 4 p.m. North […]

It is “highly unlikely we will have school tomorrow.” That is according to MCPS’s spokesman Dana Tofig who told MyMCMedia Wednesday that if snow accumulation predictions are accurate school will likely be cancelled Thursday. “If it is a foot that is a lot of snow that has to be moved around,” Tofig said. Forecasters are […]

Monifa McKnight, principal of Ridgeview Middle School, has been named the Maryland Middle School Principal of the Year by the Maryland Association of Secondary School Principals (MASSP). Scott Pfeifer, executive director of MASSP, presented the award at a surprise event at the school on Feb. 26. MCPS shares this video of McKinght hearing the news. […]

UPDATED – Previously scheduled for March 5 and cancelled due to weather have been rescheduled. The new forum date is March 10 at 7 p.m. at Gaithersburg High School. The Montgomery County Board of Education is searching for a new superintendent and asking the community to provide input at several public forums and on an […]

Three MCPS teachers have been named finalists for the 2015–2016 Teacher of the Year award. The three educators are recipients of the Veteran Teacher Award by the Marian Greenblatt Education Fund. The finalists are: Josephine Luster, a Grade 5 teacher in the Highly Gifted Center at Chevy Chase Elementary School in Chevy Chase. She is […]

A discussion on a proposal that could have the county council government either moving out of its space on Maryland Avenue and into a another county-owned building in Rockville or renovate its current building was pulled from the Government Operations and Fiscal Policy committee meeting scheduled for Thursday. According to Adam Fogel, chief of staff […]

Montgomery College Rockville Campus is scheduled to host an event on March 5 to share information about college services for immigrants and adult learners. This special session is cosponsored by the Parent Academy-Montgomery County Public Schools. During this meeting, potential students will meet with Montgomery College’s staff, faculty, students and alumni. They will also learn more about: […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Stewart Edelstein, executive director of the Universities at Shady Grove (USG) talks about the importance of collaboration. USG recently hosted a networking event of county farmers and chefs. The purpose of the event was to identify business opportunities and challenges to local farmers, restaurants and students in the hospitality program […]

A national search for the next superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools is underway. The Board of Education is looking for the public’s input at four public forums.