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It’s Wednesday, Dec. 19, Christmas is six days away, and here are five things you need to know: 1. Jingle Bell Breakfast: The Long Branch Senior Center in Silver Spring has a free Jingle Bell Breakfast from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. There will also be two craft tables with supplies so seniors can make holiday […]

Local parents might be interested in Tuesday’s Montgomery County Board of Education (BOE) meeting agenda, which includes the Tri-Cluster Roundtable Group with the Gaithersburg, Magruder, and Wootton Clusters. The Board is scheduled to discuss Interim Superintendent Larry Bower’s recommendations about the Tri-Cluster Roundtable. In an April 11th memo, Bowers responded to follow-up questions from Board members […]

Interim Superintendent Larry Bowers presented his recommended Fiscal Year 2017 Operating Budget Dec. 8th. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Bowers comments on recommended budget cuts. Related:

Montgomery County Public Schools Interim Superintendent Larry Bowers presented his recommended Fiscal Year 2017 Operating Budget to the Board of Education on Dec. 8th. Bowers recommends a total of $2.4 billion for FY 2017. Bowers calls for a budget increase of 4.5 percent in new spending to help maintain the school system and its goals including […]

A joint meeting of the County Council’s Education and Government Operations and Fiscal Policy committees is set for 9:30 a.m. on July 13th and on the agenda is a proposed special appropriation of $27 million to relocate the Shady Grove Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) bus depot and maintenance facility. “I am recommending a supplemental […]