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Montgomery County Public School (MCPS) students will be returning to in-person instruction next week. With COVID-19 cases on the rise, many parents have concerns about how the school district will manage amid the pandemic. MyMCM spoke with various parents to learn what fuels their concerns. See related posts below: MCPS Interim Superintendent Dr. McKnight: ‘Health […]

Las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Montgomery (MCPS) darán la bienvenida a más de 160,000 estudiantes la próxima semana cuando comience el año escolar. Aproximadamente 3,500 de esos estudiantes solicitaron ingresar a la academia virtual del sistema escolar, según funcionarios de MCPS. Mientras tanto, la tabla de datos del condado de Montgomery muestra que los […]

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) will welcome more than 160,000 students next week when the school year kicks off. About 3,500 of those students applied for the school system’s virtual academy, according to MCPS officials. Meanwhile, the Montgomery County Data Dashboard shows that COVID-19 cases are increasing as the Delta variant runs rampant. MCPS Interim […]

The Montgomery County Board of Education held a meeting on Tuesday afternoon. The main topics of discussion on the agenda included public comments and the “Fall Return to School.” The board resumed in-person comments for the first time since the pandemic. Seven people commented in person, while eleven residents submitted video presentations. Public comment consisted […]

Former Gaithersburg City Manager Tony Tomasello comes out of retirement to lead operations in Poolesville. Tomasello will be Poolesville Town Manager effective Aug. 30, according to a release from the town. He was Gaithersburg City Manager from 2012-2020 before retiring last year. In 1996, Tomasello joined City of Gaithersburg as its first Economic Development Director. […]

Gov. Larry Hogan penned a letter to President Biden on Monday urging that the federal government take four steps to combat the spread of the coronavirus, as the Delta variant ravages some parts of the country. Hogan took to Twitter to tweet the four things he says that states “desperately need”: First, make booster shots […]

145 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the county Monday bringing the cumulative total to 74,807. The number of patients being treated for COVID-19 in a hospital continues to climb. On Aug 1, 26 patients with COVID-19 were being treated in a hospital. This represents 2% of the inpatient hospital beds in the county. […]

En una semana, 160.000 estudiantes con mascarillas regresan a las 209 escuelas públicas del condado de Montgomery, algunas por primera vez en un año y medio. Otros 2,300 estudiantes están inscritos en la Academia Virtual de las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Montgomery (MCPS, por sus siglas en inglés). La Junta de Educación discutirá los […]

In one week, 160,000 mask-wearing students return to Montgomery County’s 209 public schools, some for the first time in a year and a half. Another 2,300 students are enrolled in MCPS’ Virtual Academy. The school board will discuss details of the school start up Tuesday  at 1:15 p.m. An hour earlier, the meeting will be […]

Alrededor de 3,000 personas, la gran mayoría describiéndose a sí mismos como padres o tutores, firmaron una petición en línea instando a las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Montgomery (MCPS, por sus siglas en inglés) a establecer una nueva norma durante la hora de almuerzos que permita a los estudiantes comer al aire libre. El […]