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Matthew Post, a rising senior at Sherwood High School, was sworn in as the 40th Student Member of the Board of Education July 6. He was sworn in by Karen Bushell, chief deputy clerk, Montgomery County Circuit Court. On his Twitter account, Post said he is “excited to officially get to work.” Post was elected […]

Matthew Post, a junior at Sherwood High School, was elected this week as the 40th Student Member of the Board of Education (SMOB) for the 2017-18 school year. Post is the first SMOB elected from Sherwood High School. In what he describes as a competitive race,  Post beat Alex Abrosimov, a junior at Richard Montgomery […]

More than 50 student leaders recently met with school board members to shares ideas and discuss issues impacting life in Montgomery County schools. Find out more in this report by MCPS-TV:

Enrollment in Montgomery County Public County Public Schools (MCPS)  is expected to reach a record-high of 159,242 students this school year, according to a new report by James Song, director of facilities management for MCPS.  This report was presented to the Board of Education at a recent meeting, and it highlighted how school enrollment is surpassing school capacity. […]

The Montgomery County Board of Education has approved a resolution to ask the state of Maryland for a waiver to start school next year before Labor Day. If the waiver is approved, the 2017-2018 school calendar will begin on Aug. 28 and conclude by June 15. Back in August, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan issued an […]

Montgomery County Public Schools is preparing to welcome more than 159,000 students on the first day of school. That’s about 2,500 more students than last year. What else do you need to know? Watch our Back to School special, below, for five things to keep you in the know this school year. Our coverage includes a […]

A senior at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, Eric Guerci is serving his second term as the student member of the Board of Education. And this school year, he has new voting privileges. MyMCMedia’s Maureen Chowdhury reports.

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students head back to class on Aug. 29 and some of those students do not have school supplies. That’s why MCPS’ 2016 Give Backpacks Campaign is so important. Find out how you can make a difference in this year’s campaign, below: You can find out more about the 2016 Give […]

The Montgomery County Board of Education swore in Eric Guerci, a rising senior at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, as the 39th Student Member of the Board. Guerci is only the third student in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) history to run and win a second SMOB term. He is also the first SMOB to have […]

Here are your five things to know today, July 12, in Montgomery County: 1. County Executive Ike Leggett is calling for an immediate investigation into the cause of an outage at the County’s Alternate Emergency Communications Center (AECC) located in Rockville. 2. The Montgomery County Board of Education will swear in Student Member of the Board Eric […]