Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Board of Education President Pat O’Neill has posted a statement on the MCPS website about the petition to start schools after Labor Day. You can read the statement in its entirety below: “For many years, Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot has been leading an effort to have the state’s public schools begin […]

Around the country a college education is becoming more and more expensive. A new initiative from President Barack Obama to try to make college more affordable is winning fans nationally and locally.

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett along with Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent (MCPS) Joshua Starr and other officials celebrated the opening of the new MCPS food distribution facility this week in Montgomery Village. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

Montgomery College is introducing a new mobile app to help students with registration, financial and graduation deadlines. MCTV’s Stan Jones has the story. Visit our PEG partner MCTV10 (Montgomery College Television program schedule) to see more Montgomery College Television.

Montgomery College is a finalist for two American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Awards of Excellence which recognize exceptional work among the nation’s two-year colleges. President Dr. DeRionne P. Pollard is one of four finalists in the “Emerging Leadership” category and the College itself is one of four finalists recognized for an “Outstanding College/Corporate Partnership.” […]

Kids have great ideas and recently some Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students articulated their thoughts on issues important to them. MCPS-TV reports. Visit our PEG partner MCPS TV to view more of its local programming.

In this MyMCMedia Extra Council President George Leventhal shares his thoughts on a proposal by  President Barack Obama to make two years of community college free for responsible students, letting students earn the first half of a bachelor’s degree and earn skills needed in the workforce at no cost.  A full-time community college student could […]

Montgomery County Public Schools and administrative offices will open two hours late today, Jan. 14, due to emergency weather conditions. Day care programs may open as scheduled.  Bus service will be provided on a two-hour-delayed schedule. Morning prekindergarten, morning half-day Head Start, other morning half-day programs and field trips are canceled. Other activities and programs […]

There is a renewed effort for a MoveOn.org petition to encourage the Montgomery County Public Schools to change the start time for classes. The petition, that suggests MCPS start high school classes after 8:15 a.m. has about 12,283 signatures. It has a stated goal of 15,000 signatures. The Montgomery County Board of Education is considering […]

Interested in the exact statistics at a certain Montgomery County Public school? Want to see what the ethnic diversity is for your school? A new searchable report on each of the county’s 202 schools can help you get a peak at school specific data. The School Support and Improvement Framework (SSIF) report reflects the data […]