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UPDATED on Nov. 11 – Montgomery County Public Schools has approved a request to name the Media Center at Diamond Elementary School in honor of former principal Carol Lange. A dedication is scheduled for 6:30 p..m.  on Jan. 12. ORIGINAL POST The Diamond Elementary School (DES) PTA is requesting community support for its petition to […]

Next year’s Montgomery County schools’ calendar will list days off of school but will not associate those days with specific religious holidays. That’s the decision of the Montgomery County Board of Education in a vote of 7-1 (with Mike Durso dissenting). Board member Rebecca Smondrowski made the motion Tuesday afternoon that deletes any mention of […]

Students may still be off school when the Jewish holidays of  Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are  celebrated next year, but they may not be listed on the calendar that way. The Montgomery County Board of Education is considering a change to next year’s school calendar that would leave off the name of these two Jewish holidays […]

Superintendent Joshua P. Starr is scheduled to deliver his third State of the Schools address at The Music Center at Strathmore on Tuesday, Nov. 11. Starr will share his vision for how we can prepare all students for success in their future. The event is also a  celebration of  the outstanding students of Montgomery County Public Schools, according […]

Montgomery County Public Schools students recently participated in some exciting hands-on science activities at the Montgomery County campus of Johns Hopkins University. MCPS-TV has the story. Visit our PEG partner MCPS TV to view more of its local programming.

Montgomery College is partnering with Montgomery County in the county’s Sister Cities program by hosting an art exhibit featuring works from universities in China and El Salvador. Stan Jones reports. Visit our PEG partner MCTV10 (Montgomery College Television program schedule) to see more Montgomery College Television.

A new program that aims to help students with the right tools to get on-the-job experience was launched on Nov. 5 at The Universities of Shady Grove in Rockville. The Integrated Experiential Learning Cooperative program is a partnership between The Universities of Shady Grove, Montgomery College, and Montgomery County Public Schools. Beginning in May 2015, […]

Parents packed into the Rachel Carson Elementary School media room Wednesday to try to figure out what to do about the school’s persistent overcrowding issue. Tops on the list for the school’s Parent Teacher Association is having the county look into building a new school within the Lakelands community in Gaithersburg as well as taking […]

An employee at John T. Baker Middle School in Damascus was exposed to a relative who had tuberculosis over the weekend and worked in the school Monday, prompting school officials to send a letter home to parents Wednesday. Principal Louise Worthington, in a letter to parents, said the employee is not exhibiting any symptoms of the illness but […]

The capacity of Rachel Carson Elementary School was the topic of a PTA meeting on Nov. 5 at the Gaithersburg school. Dozens of parents attended the standing-room only meeting and there were some elected leaders in the crowd, too. A PTA representative described the school as one of the most overcrowded in Montgomery County. Follow […]