School Start Times on Table for MCPS School Board (VIDEO)

If you have an opinion on whether Montgomery County Public Schools should change the times schools start and end, you have just one more week to let the school board know about it.

The MCPS Board of Education recently held two public hearings on the topic of changing school start times.

MyMCMedia’s Krista Brick has that report.

The school board is taking written comment through Feb. 2 on the idea of whether schools start times should change. The board is expected to make a decision on the issue Feb. 10.

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School Start Times on Table for MCPS School Board (VIDEO)

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If you have an opinion on whether Montgomery County Public Schools should change the times schools start and end, you have just one more week to let the school board know about it. The MCPS Board of Education recently held two public hearings on the topic of changing school start times. MyMCMedia’s Krista Brick has […]

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Krista Brick is a multi-media journalist with Montgomery Community Media.

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