Montgomery Community Media

The NAACP Parents’ Council held its annual kick-off meeting on Sept. 30, bringing together parents and Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) staff to discuss and share best practices to foster parent engagement. Speakers during the event emphasized the importance of partnership in ensuring student success. Visit our PEG partner MCPS TV to view more of […]

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Superintendent Joshua Starr is recommending that the district consider pushing back high school start times by 50 minutes and extending the elementary school day by 30 minutes. The recommendation is based on the report by the 2013 Bell Times Work Group, which has been studying the issue of school starting […]

Dr. Joshua Starr, superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools, is one of the members of an 86 person delegation from Montgomery County visiting China from Sept. 15-25. Starr is tweeting about his visit to schools in China via his Twitter account. You can read some of his tweets, some of which include photos and video, […]

Montgomery County Public Schools students are back in class as the 2013-2014 school year is now underway and school administrators report that student enrollment is on the rise. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports.

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) opened the 2013-2014 school year Monday (August 26, 2013) with the highest enrollment in the district’s history and a strong focus on providing students with the knowledge and skills they need for success in the 21st century. MCPS will continue to implement the Common Core State Standards throughout the district […]

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Superintendent Joshua P. Starr announced the first ten schools that will be a part of a districtwide initiative to improve the timeliness and quality of interventions for students who are struggling. The ten schools applied to be a part of the Interventions Network and will work with central office and […]

A Statement from Superintendent Joshua P. Starr on High School Mathematics Final Exams and Course Completion: “Over the past few weeks, there has been much discussion about final exam results, specifically high failure rates on high school final exams in mathematics. Since I arrived at Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) in July 2011—and for years […]

I had the honor of interviewing Dr. Joshua Starr, superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), for my webisode, “The Valley.” Though Dr.Starr had a busy schedule, he made time to come to Seneca Valley and have a sit down interview with me. Take a look at our interview and you will find out Dr. […]

A public forum to address school safety was held on Jan. 16 in Rockville. Montgomery County Police Chief J. Thomas Manger addressed the crowd about the School Resource Officer (SRO) program and said he wants to see more officers in schools locally and around the country. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view […]

Montgomery County Superintendent of Schools Joshua P. Starr will hold his third Community Day event of the school year on Monday, January 14 in the Clarksburg, Northwest, Quince Orchard and Seneca Valley clusters. Dr. Starr will spend the day meeting with staff, visiting schools and hearing from parents. The Community Day will culminate with a […]