Montgomery Community Media

U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee and member of the Senate Community College Caucus, today applauded President Obama’s plan to make community college more affordable for American families. “I applaud the President’s proposal to make community college tuition-free for responsible students. I believe […]

Montgomery County Public Schools and administrative offices will open two hours late today, Jan. 12, due to emergency weather conditions. Day care programs may open at 9 a.m. 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 […]

The president of Montgomery College is applauding President Obama’s proposal to make the first two years of community college free. You can read Dr. DeRionne Pollard’s official statement below: “Now more than ever, the jobs of today require a postsecondary education. Education and training is the on-ramp to the middle class—to good jobs with good […]

Montgomery College recently offered a series of financial planning seminars in Gaithersburg and Silver Spring. Montgomery College TV has more in this report. Visit our PEG partner MCTV10 (Montgomery College Television program schedule) to see more Montgomery College Television.

Montgomery County public schools will open two hours late on Wednesday, January 7, due to emergency weather conditions. 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 that begin at 10:30 a.m. or earlier are canceled. […]

UPDATED Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students enjoyed their first snow day of the new year on Jan. 6. But the decision to close the county’s school district came after an earlier morning announcement of a two hour delay. We wanted to know how those decisions were made, so we turned to Dana Tofig, who […]

Montgomery County Public Schools should start and end 20 minutes later, according to a new proposal from Superintendent Dr. Joshua Starr. Starr is expected to release his proposal to the school board on Jan. 13. According to a memo from Starr to the Board of Education, the “most practicable of the no-cost options is for […]

UPDATED MCPS has announced all schools are now closed today, Jan. 6. MCPS Schools are now CLOSED due to emergency weather conditions. — MCPS (@MCPS) January 6, 2015 Montgomery County Public Schools will open two hours late today, Jan. 6, because of snow. According to an announcement on the MCPS website, bus service will be […]

The final bell has not yet tolled on the idea to change start and end times in Montgomery County public schools. On Tuesday, Superintendent Joshua P. Starr will release several options for changing school starting and ending times, or bell times. The Montgomery County Board of Education will consider the options and receive public feedback […]

Montgomery College hosted a People of Color and U.S Criminal Justice Forum to talk about race relations and the county’s police force. Aline Barros has the report.