Montgomery Community Media

Hay alrededor de ocho a nueve mil estudiantes que no asisten a la escuela de manera regular, y ese número ha aumentado durante la pandemia, según reporta la oficina del Fiscal estatal en Maryland, quienes el martes llevaron a cabo una orientación junto a los voluntarios de prevención de absentismo escolar. Este es un grupo […]

Summer Paglianete, the Quince Orchard social studies teacher reported to have visited Washington D.C. on Jan. 6 to participate in a pro-Trump rally aimed at overturning the results of the 2020 Presidential election, now teaches with the Montgomery County Public School’s Virtual Academy. She teaches instructional technology, according to an MCPS spokesperson. During the current […]

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) has updated its COVID-19 quarantine guidelines. To summarize, in most situations, close contacts of symptomatic students will no longer be required to quarantine unless that student tests positive for COVID-19 or had a known exposure to someone with the virus, said Heather Dublinske, MCPS Coordinator for Student Welfare and Compliance. […]

Las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Montgomery (MCPS, por sus siglas en inglés) presentarán tres conversaciones virtuales en vivo para ayudar a padres y guardianes a navegar este ciclo escolar y conocer los recursos y servicios disponibles para los estudiantes, según el comunicado de prensa de MCPS. Según MCPS, hay muchos padres y guardianes que […]

El regreso a clases ha generado muchas preguntas e inquietudes en lo que respecta a las políticas de cuarentena de las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Montgomery (MCPS). En respuesta, MCPS lanzó un nuevo mensaje comunitario esta semana para ayudar al distrito escolar a minimizar la cantidad de estudiantes que necesitan ser puestos en cuarentena. […]

Back to school has generated many questions and concerns when it comes to Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) quarantine policies. In response, MCPS released a new community message this week to help the school district minimize the number of students who need to quarantine. Montgomery County Health Officer Dr.Travis Gayles clarified many of the issues […]

The majority of the 20 members of the public speaking at Thursday’s Montgomery County Public Schools’ Board of Education meeting spoke out strongly against the current COVID-19 quarantine guidelines and urged schools to use rapid testing. Following Department Health and Human Services’ guidance, MCPS quarantines students who show one sign of the virus, including sneezing […]

The annual Kensington Train Show gets on track Sept. 11 and 12 from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. and features trains, railroad songs and an I Spy game. The cost is $7 person and $2 for children with a maximum of $15 per family. The show features model trains and is held at Kensington Town […]

According to officials, at least 1,000 students and staff are quarantined since Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) started the school year last week. “It’s across the district. We have 209 schools, and in the last five days or so, I’d say we posted letters of about 44 positive cases,” said MCPS Communications Supervisor Gboyinde Onijala. […]

Two teenage boys were charged as adults with murder Thursday in connection with the shooting of three juveniles and one adult on the outdoor basketball court at Plum Gar Community Recreation Center in Germantown Aug. 18. Axel Trejos, 20, was killed during the 10 p.m. shooting, and three others were wounded. When Montgomery County police […]